Spurs swoop to sign Captain Disappointed!

Spurs are reported to be ‘weighing up a move’ for James Tavernier.

The story comes from Teamtalk a week after they revealed Arsenal’s interest in £35m rated Manny Fernandez.

Fraser Fletcher is the normal source of moonbeams on Teamtalk but the Tavernier tale comes from the imagination of Graeme Bailey.

According to his X/Twitter profile Bailey is a football and transfer correspondent.

It seems that Teamtalk is hellbent on outdoing Football Insider when it comes to the most far fetched and unlikely of stories.

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The TAV FOR SPURS story follows a very familiar template.

There is the headline followed by a watered down introduction then the padding out of a story that is as ridiculous as the Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos tales from four and five years ago.

In 11 years at Ibrox there has barely been the slightest interest in Tavernier.

The former Wigan ‘star’ is the journeyman that got lucky.

Nominally a right-back Tavernier can barely defend.

He does strike the ball better than most which has allowed him to become the free-kick, corner and penalty taker at Ibrox.

Eight successive managers have stuck with Tav, since 2018 he has had the armband which comes with mysterious expectations among Ibrox fans.

To say he has disappointed is an understatement. So much so that it has become his catchphrase in post match interviews.

The captaincy brings additional media responsibilities. There are only so many ways that you can explain away losing major matches and the impact of the new manager bounce.

Since January there hasn’t been any credible reports of clubs interested in the soon to be free agent Tavernier.

Spurs are in a mess but still not in such a bad way that they’ll be swooping for a non defending right-back.

With four matches left in his career time is running out for Tav to add to his achievements. His last penalty was sent over Vil Sinisalo’s crossbar as Celtic won at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup.