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Football Spy: Diarra is on Spurs hit-list.


Byline: By JOHN CROSS

TOTTENHAM boss Juande Ramos Juan de la Cruz Ramos Cano, more commonly known as Juande Ramos, (born 25 September 1954 in Pedro Muñoz,Ciudad Real, Spain) is a football manager, currently in charge of La Liga side Sevilla FC.  has landed Giovani Dos Santos Giovani dos Santos Ramírez[2] (born May 11, 1989 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican attacking midfielder, who can also play striker, who plays for FC Barcelona and was a member of the Mexican National U-17 Football team that won the FIFA U-17 World  - and now set his sights on Portsmouth's pounds 10million midfielder Lassana Diarra Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French footballer of Malian descent, who plays for English Premier League club Arsenal. His predominant position is defensive midfielder, but he can also play at right back. .

Barcelona's Mexican wonder-kid Dos Santos (above), 19, has snubbed offers from Manchester City and Chelsea to join Spurs in a bargain pounds 4.5m deal. "Next season I will be playing for Tottenham," said Dos Santos, who said Ramos was the main reason he chose them.

Spurs are also chasing French international Diarra, with sporting director Damien Comolli championing the deal.

Pompey are unlikely to let him go to Spurs without a fight as they want to build on last season's success, highlighted by their FA Cup win.
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jun 6, 2008
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