A few months of rumour and speculation has come to an end. We have amassed what is arguably the best squad of players that I have seen at Spurs, at least if they all live up to their potential that armchair Football Managers believe they have.
Chadli is a raw talent, but looks like he will need some time to settle. Paulinho and Capoue also will need time, but we have already seen glimpses of what they will be able to offer in midfield. Eriksen could be the player that unlocks the puzzle that has been supplying our strikers - a problem which we didn't address in the last two windows since VdV and Modric. And Lamela - looking like the Latino love child of Fabregas and and RVP his brief cameo in the North London Derby hinted that he will be a force, though again, he is going to need time to get used to the players. And then we have Michael Dawson Mk II, or Chirches as we will now know him.
The fact is that we do need time to allow the team to gel in to a big ball of football goodness, especially as I haven't even mentioned Willian, Coentrao, Benteke, Hulk and the Spanish god that is David Villa. All of these players mean that we have possibility the most competitive squad in the Premier League.
With the new FIFA ruling that football will now consist of two teams of 16 players we will be able to dominate in midfield. Hulk and Willian will fit perfectly behind a strike force of Defoe, Soladado, Villa, Benteke, it is just a shame that Adebayor decided to retire from football to pursue is dream to play bass in a Bob Marley tribute act.
Coentrao is a splendid left back who will fill the gap left by BAE, who left Spurs to buy Nike Air Jordans as a full time career. Meanwhile there are two Croatian kids that will hover around midfield claiming to be the next Luka Modric. Juan Mata is going to struggle, but may make our Carling Cup squad with Tom Carroll out on loan at Ajax, and Torres still wont be able to hit a barn door from 5 yards away, so he'll probably just go straight out on loan to Palace in January.
AND WE FINALLY SIGNED DAMIAO! You see! He does really, really exist!
Anyway, it is difficult to know exactly the team that will face Norwich. We have made a number of new signings. I'm pretty sure that AVB and Freund will blindfold each other and simply put pins in the list of names.
FULL LIST OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SIGNINGS - SUMMER 2013:
1. Leandro
2. Hulk
3. Benteke
4. Baines
5. Ince
6. Ben Arfa
7. Moutinho
8. Belhanda
9. Son Heung-Min
10. Remy
11. Higuain
12. Contrao
13. Pereira
14. Valero
15. Osvaldo
16. Carrol
17. Indi
18. Corchedo
19. Negredo
20. Eriksen
21. Song
22. Di Maria
23. Lopes
24. Hooper
25. De vrij
26. Williams
27. Icardi
28. Sow
29. Shaw
30. Nani
31. Anderson
32. Maloney
33. Michu
34. Jackson Martinez
35. Rooney
36. Ante Rebic
37. Lombaerds
38. Villa
39. McCarthy
40. Vydra
41. Nainggolan
42. Kaka
43. Gomis
44. Atsu
45. Torres
46. Cabaye
47. Soldado
48. Bernard Anicio
49. Rodrigo
50. Guarin
51. Machado
52. Benitez
53. Capoue
54. Mendy
55. Kacaniklic
56. Olsson
57. Guarin
58. Chadli
59. Gomez
60. Affelay
61. Weiman
62. Dzeko
63. Guarin
64. Sneijder
65. Barry
66. Paulinho
67. Raimundaio
68. Aubameyang
69. Vucinic
70. Charlie Horton
71. Doria
72. Diamnti
73. Pjanic
74. Marquinhos
75. Lamela
76. Malanda
77. Wanyama
78. Hernanes
79. Deufoleu
80. Micha Richards
81. Tin Vedjav
82. Halilovic
83. Mkhitarayan
84. Alberto de la Bella
85. Honda
86. Yilmaz
87. Capel
88. Bojan
89. Rodriguez Ruiz
90. Rannochia
91. Opare
92. Pohjanpalo
93. Vadillo
94. Salvio
95. Papiss Cisse
96. Neilton
97. Llori
98. Chiriches
99. Morata
100. Ljajic
101. Carlton Cole
102. Rami
103. Nedelev
104. Neto
105. Dier
106. Dzagoev
107. Hernandez
108. Muniain
109. Turan
110. Mata
111 .Hamsik
112. Willian
113. Ozil
114. Benzema