Top 5 Belgians in the 2012-13 Premier League


How long can the seemingly endless line of Belgium talent last you might find yourself asking - given the remarkable number of quality players the relatively tiny nation has brought England's top flight over the last year or two.
It seems it is possible to resist the lure of the Monaco millions after all, with ESPN reporting that Hugo Lloris has no interest in making a return to Ligue 1 - even if it was to join the fastest growing super power around.
Tottenham have identify a midfield double to solidify the spine of the team in order to secure a Champions League place next season. The Mirror are reporting that Spurs are ready to go to war with Borussia Dortmund for 20-year-old Brazil international Bernard, and are also looking to strike a deal with Fulham for young winger Alex Kacaniklic.
Tottenham have had enough of Emmanuel Adebayor, and with rumours that they will be shifting Jermain Defoe in order to recruit Christian Benteke from Aston Villa, they will need to be busy in getting another striker or two in the coming weeks.
Tottenham's rebuilding for next season looks to be starting with Inter midfielder Fredy Guarin, as Andre Villas-Boas has asked the Italian club to send him to north London. According to the Express Inter president Massimo Moratti is willing to let the Colombian leave the San Siro in order to pick up the services of Mathieu Flamini and Mauricio Isla who currently plies his trade for Juventus.
Tottenham's search for a striker seems to have been kicked up a notch as they look to take Aston Villa's Christian Benteke to the capital. However, the twist in the tale is that to get him there they have offered Jermain Defoe, which is a bit of a head scratcher.
Oliver Giroud might just be short of fiends if reports on ESPN Soccernet are to believed which indicate the striker feels that former Montpellier team mate Younes Belhanda would be an ideal target for Arsenal.
Tottenham being linked with a striker is daily news, but it has been one man in particular that has been the talk of north London.
It would seem Tottenham might already be feeling the impact of narrowly missing out on Champions League football, with ESPN Soccernetreporting that long term target Leandro Damiao clearly rates them as second choice.
It has been a season which ended with several high profile retirements. Legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, United player Paul Scholes, Liverpool stalwart Jamie
We all know of the history between Manchester United and Liverpool and their bitter hatred of one another, but while they battled it out to secure the services of Ajax playmaker Christian Eriksen another club has swooped in and apparently become favourites to capture him.
There have been plenty of articles throughout the press since the season drew to a close outlining the best signings of the season, here we look at seven moves that might not have been as eye catching as the likes of Robin Van Persie, Michu and Jan Vertonghen but nonetheless proved to be astute pieces of business.
One debate that has reached almost clichéd proportions in recent months is the characterisation of Tottenham as a one-man team – that one man, of course, being Gareth Bale. Spurs tasted the ultimate disappointment on the last day of the season, being beaten to fourth place by Arsenal, but it was only Bale’s last minute winner against Sunderland that left Arsenal needing those three points at Newcastle. So how much lower than fifth would they have finished without Gareth Bale’s 26 goals?
You could forgive Gareth Bale if he wanted to leave Spurs this Summer. Missing out on fourth place despite a campaign of gargantuan personal proportions, the general consensus that 'players of his level need Champion's League football' has set the machine in motion. Chins started wagging, keyboards rattling and sharks circling up and down the country, with one slight problem - none of them asked Bale himself what he thought.