{"id":382414,"date":"2011-04-19T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/19\/gary-mabbutt-if-tottenham-can-finish-fourth-they-will-be-even-stronger-next-season\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T22:58:00","slug":"gary-mabbutt-if-tottenham-can-finish-fourth-they-will-be-even-stronger-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/gary-mabbutt-if-tottenham-can-finish-fourth-they-will-be-even-stronger-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Mabbutt: If Tottenham can finish fourth they will be even stronger next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Apr 2011 23:58:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"85.2417883212\">\n<div readability=\"16.7538461538\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gary Mabbutt, Former Tottenham Hotspur Captain (Amar Singh)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/266a560665344_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gary Mabbutt, Former Tottenham Hotspur Captain (Amar Singh)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> defender Gary Mabbutt has praised <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/13420\/harry-redknapp\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> and the impact he has had on the club since joining from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/107\/portsmouth\">Portsmouth<\/a> in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Redknapp took over, Spurs were languishing in the relegation zone, however, last season they managed to finish fourth in the Premier League, qualifying for the Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After nearly being knocked out at the qualifying stages by Young Boys, they managed to reach the quarter-finals where they ultimately lost to Real Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mabbutt believes that Spurs will continue to attract top players should they once again finish in the top four, something he doesn\u2019t believe is past the team just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to <em>talkSPORT<\/em>, Mabbutt said: \u201cIf you look at where we were two years ago when Harry took over we\u2019ve come a long, long way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe likes of Luka Modric, Rafael van Der Vaart and Gareth Bale, those players are of course going to be attracting the attention of other clubs and that\u2019s going to happen. When you\u2019re successful that\u2019s what you expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued: \u201cTottenham now don\u2019t want to be a team that is grooming players to move on. We want to be a team that is top four every season and challenging for the major honours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s what the club\u2019s ambitions are, hopefully we can get fourth spot and strengthen to become even stronger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/266a560665344_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/19\/2449269\/gary-mabbutt-if-tottenham-can-finish-fourth-they-will-be\" title=\"Gary Mabbutt: If Tottenham can finish fourth they will be even stronger next season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary Mabbutt: If Tottenham can finish fourth they will be even stronger next season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Apr 2011 23:58:00 Gary Mabbutt, Former Tottenham Hotspur Captain (Amar Singh) Related Links Teams Players Former Tottenham defender Gary Mabbutt has praised Harry Redknapp and the impact he has had on the club since joining from Portsmouth in 2008. When Redknapp took over, Spurs were languishing in the relegation zone, however, last season they managed to finish fourth in the Premier League, qualifying for the Champions League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gary Mabbutt: If Tottenham can finish fourth they will be even stronger next season - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/gary-mabbutt-if-tottenham-can-finish-fourth-they-will-be-even-stronger-next-season\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gary Mabbutt: If Tottenham can finish fourth they will be even stronger next season - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 19 Apr 2011 23:58:00 Gary Mabbutt, Former Tottenham Hotspur Captain (Amar Singh) Related Links Teams Players Former Tottenham defender Gary Mabbutt has praised Harry Redknapp and the impact he has had on the club since joining from Portsmouth in 2008. 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