Tottenham are rumoured to be about to launch a £60m spending spree with days remaining before the end of the transfer window. Roman Pavlyuchenko is set to be the first of the new players arriving from Spartak Moscow though there is also his compatriot Andrei Arshavin, Ajax star Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Colombian Radamel Falcao and Sporting Lisbon anchorman Miguel Veloso. Here’s our guide to the men of Juande Ramos’ shopping list.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Find out what it means to me! Clichéd, yes but who could resist a bit of Aretha! Its two weeks into the new season thus two weeks into the FA’s Respect Campaign and the future looks as bright as it can be. At the end of the day the essence of the Respect Campaign is asking the players and the manager to show restraint and there are always going to be times when they lose it. It’s called passion and the game would be dead without it.

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Leicester City’s highly-rated starlet Joe Mattock is expected to leave this summer but his club have reportedly rejected bids of £5m from the likes of West Ham, Newcastle and Sunderland.

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Just two weeks into the season and a number of critics have already made their minds up over certain club’s fate. For me, it’s far too early to make sweeping assumptions but I must say I have been impressed so far by all three club’s from the North-East.

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Man City are set to sign long term highly-rated target Pablo Zabaleta from La Liga side Espanyol according to press reports. This player has been linked to the club for most of the summer even when Sven Goran Eriksson was in charge and should arrive for a fee of £6.4m.

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Just 2 weeks into the new Premier League season and already the fortunes of the three North-East clubs looks far brighter than the last campaign. In fact, they’ve all done well. Middlesbrough were desperately unlucky against Liverpool as were Sunderland.

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The teams that finished 3rd and 4th in Serie A last season clash at Fiorentina’s Stadio Artemio Franchi this weekend. There’s no love lost between these two historic clubs so this should be a tempestuous affair between two of the strongest sides in Italy. Both clubs have been active in the transfer market and more importantly the home side retained their star striker Adrian Mutu despite Roma’s interest.

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The Spanish season kicks off this weekend and there’s a peach of a game featured in this week’s Footy 15 to start to season in style. It’s the Primera Liga champions, Real Madrid versus Deportivo La Coruna; 8th place finish last season and Uefa Cup hopefuls this season.

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The centre of attention this weekend will be focussed on one player as Gareth Barry lines up against the team he openly declared he wanted to join this summer. The Aston Villa midfielder has been involved in one of the most drawn out transfer saga’s of the summer which looks set to end in him staying in Birmingham. If one player will be determined to prove his worth then it’s surely Barry as after alienating his current fans he has been left in limbo by Liverpool’s failure to pay up whilst signing Robbie Keane for a similar amount.

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These two London clubs could not be experiencing more contrasting fortunes after their opening two Premier League matches of the season. Chelsea have won both matches, scored 5 goals and are yet to concede. Their new signings have impressed as well as played crucial roles in their early season success. Tottenham on the other hand have lost both their matches against opposition they’d expect to beat, have scored twice (one an own goal), conceded 4 goals as well as have their star player mentally unfit to play. This match looks a no-brainer for Premier 10 and Footy 15 this week.

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