Spurs ready to sign ‘new Didier Drogba’

by Le Magazine de la Diaspora Ivoirienne et des Ami(e)s de la Côte d’Ivoire | 12 juillet 2011 20 h 05 min

Tottenham are ready to sign the ‘new Didier Drogba’ – Ivory Coast’s sensational teenage striker Souleymane Coulibaly.

Spurs supremo Daniel Levy has teed up a stunning £2 million deal for Coulibaly, who has scored nine goals in just four games at the mini World Cup in Mexico.

Coulibaly – just 16 years and six months – bagged back-to-back hat-tricks, including some amazing strikes to get some of the game’s giants stampeding for the young ‘Elephant’ hit man.

The fantastic talent plays for AC Siena’s youth team but he can be bought and Spurs are flying to Italy today in a bid to seal the deal ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Coulibaly has been likened to Drogba because of his explosive power and shooting and the fact that he is almost half the age of the Ivory Coast and Chelsea star.

And while Harry Redknapp would love the original version if Chelsea would sell, crafty Levy has worked on the move to land the new version.

Spurs have so much faith in Coulibaly that they will offer him a squad number and promote him to Redknapp’s first-team squad immediately – all part of the incentive to sign.

Levy has masterminded Tottenham’s transfers so far this summer, landing keeper Brad Friedel for nothing and bringing in Mexican hot shot Antonio Pedroza Whitham who has just arrived in London.

S: mirrorfootball.co.uk