UPDATE: Tottenham Hotspur have increased their offer to Wigan for Honduran Wilson Palacios. The original offer of £14m was then put on hold as neighbours Manchester City expressed an interest.
"I haven't given up hope of keeping the boy, but it is difficult," said the Wigan Boss Steve Bruce. "I'm the manager of a club where we will lose our better players if the big clubs come calling, that's a fact of life. But one thing I wanted to avoid was losing them halfway through the season. A lot of people have put in a lot of hard work in building this side over the last 14 months."
After recently playing some very average football at the JJB Sports Stadium, Harry has obviously assessed the Tottenham Hotspur midfield group of players and come to the conclusion that it is light weight and could benefit from Latics favourite Wilson Palacios.
One comment that I read on the BBC Sports blog was that if Diarra was worth £21m then Palacios was definitely worth £14m. Crazy cash, you might say. However if all transfer fees are relative then Spurs have paid more money for players such as David Bentley and Darren Bent, should Spurs sign him Harry Redknapp will be hoping for consistent displays like the one he witnessed on Sunday. Palacios covered every blad of grass against Spurs as my Dad and I looked on at a deflated Lily whites team. His strengthes are breaking up the play and maintaining possession, he also displayed great athleticism with a spectacular overhead kick.
Steve Bruce is gently hinting that the deal is close, providing great player revenue to Wigan Athletic and Spurs with a quality, young midfielder.
