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Aaron Lennon, Scott
Parker and Rafael van der Vaart have reportedly been put up for sale by
Tottenham.
The senior trio, who
were all key figures in the Spurs team that finished fourth in the
Premier League last season under Harry Redknapp, are set to be the
latest casualties of the Andre Villas-Boas revolution, according to
football website Goal.com.
The Portuguese has
decided to completely refurbish the team that Redknapp built as he seeks
to lower the average age of the squad and introduce greater dynamism in
the spine of the team.
Sources have told the
website that Van der Vaart, 29, Lennon, 25, and Parker, who turns 32 in
October, have all been made aware they will be sold for the right price.
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Van der Vaart will be
allowed to leave this week if cash-strapped Hamburg, the Dutchman’s
former club, can meet Spurs’ nine-million-pound valuation before
Friday’s deadline.
Spurs will also, more
surprisingly, listen to offers for Lennon and Parker. It is understood
that Villas-Boas shares Redknapp’s doubts about Lennon’s ability to
consistently deliver the goods and does not see a long-term role for
Parker in central midfield.
The 5.5-million-pound
2011 deadline-day buy from West Ham started all four of England’s
matches at Euro 2012 but is likely to have slipped down the pecking
order when he returns in October after undergoing surgery on his right
Achilles.
It is unlikely Lennon or
Parker, given his injury, will be sold by Friday night’s deadline but
they are set to be off-loaded at the first realistic opportunity, which
could even be in January.
The revelation of Villas-Boas’ plans
comes after he sanctioned the sales of established duo Michael Dawson
and Brad Friedel, while fringe players such as Jermaine Jenas, David
Bentley, Heurelho Gomes and Giovanni dos Santos have all been told they
are surplus to requirements.
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