Keeping
Obviously I have Paul Robinson, easily one of England’s top goalkeepers and a guaranteed starter for Spurs.

Obviously having someone of his talent between the sticks from the start will make things easier, however, Spurs don’t have much in the way of backup, there’s on-loan Radek Cerny, who doesn’t look up to the job at all, not to mention not being English and then there’s Ben Alnwick in the reserves, who, let’s be honest, is never going to cut it for a top side such as Spurs.

So the chase for a new keeper is on, obviously there’s a number of candidates, Ben Foster, Scott Carson, Chris Kirkland, David James, Robert Green, however all carry a very heavy price tag, which I’m just not willing to pay.

So, thanks to a quick search, I came up with Andrew Lonergan, a 23 year old Goalkeeper from Preston North End. Despite never hearing of him, his stats speak for himself, especially in comparison to Paul Robinson, so I splashed out the extravagant sum of £1m on this unknown young English talent.

Full Backs
Full Backs are my hardest position, none of Spurs’ 4 full backs are English, with the best of the reserves being Philip Ifil someone I wouldn’t really trust in the Spurs first team.

I haven’t signed anyone yet, but having had a bid of up to £1.5m rejected for Watford’s Lloyd Doyley (who not only possesses great tackling, marking and physical abilities, but also fantastic dribbling and crossing attributes as well), I moved onto Millwall’s Danny Senda, another pacey attacking full back, with a good defensive head on him. After having a £200k bid accepted, I’m just waiting on the contract negotiations to finalise, before bringing him to White Hart Lane.

Lloyd Doyley looks forward to his big Spurs move, so much so he's lost the bottom of his legsI’ve also taken a good look at Arsenal’s Justin Hoyte, despite my scouts telling me I could get him for between £3.2m and £4.7m, it seems Arsenal want to bump up the price for a local Londan rival and are currently attempting to negotiate for £5m plus 30% of the next sale.

This brings up an interesting debate in regards the nationalist challenge. Normally I would never touch a next sale deal, especially if it’s with a young talent who could bring in a large fee in the future.

However, in a game where I can only sign and play Englishman and in a world where world class English full backs are few and far between (not to mention costly!) the likelihood of me ever parting with Hoyte is very minimal, so perhaps I should invest in this deal, with the idea that I’m actually doing a sneaky on Arsenal getting him on the cheap whilst they’re expecting further big bucks (pounds) in the future.

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the next time I update, Justin Hoyte has made the short trip across London and joined my side at White Hart Lane.

Central Defenders
The centre of defence is an interesting area of the pitch to look at simply because its going to be such a difficult area to fill. You may think me crazy when you consider I’ve already got Ledley King and Michael Dawson at the back holding things together in a very nationalistic manner, however who am I going to bring in to back up these two seemingly injury prone players?

I find it very unlikely that I’m going to be able to bring in anybody of real premiership calibre to take me up the leagues and I certainly can’t rely on Anthony Gardner to back them up.

So far my efforts to find a central defender have been fruitless. Mathew Upson and Jolean Lescott have both been on the receiving ends of transfer enquiries, of £6m and £4.5 respectively, and I’ll no doubt have to pay well over the odds for players that I would only really see as a temporary fix.

The likes of Anton Ferdinand and Zak Knight have the same problem, they’re just far to overpriced for my liking. Manchester City’s Nedum Onouha is somebody a bit more reasonably priced, but City just don’t seem willing to let him go, whilst Sol Campbell could perhaps come in, but he’s insistent he wants Champions League football, something I just can’t offer and once again, he’d only really be a short term solution.

It may well be that I end up bringing in a top four reject such as Philip Bardsley, just to offer some cover, but I really don’t want to be wasting my money on someone that I just don’t see having a future, hence my current defensive problems.

Wingers
When it comes to the wings, I’m not struggling nearly as much. Aaron Lennon looks like a fantastic prospect, Wayne Routledge offers some good talent on the left, at least for the time being unless he shows some remarkable improvements.

Then I’ve brought in Kieran St Aimee from Queens Park Rangers, despite the name I can assure you he is English born and bred, from London in fact. He’s not all that at the moment, but he is only 18 years of age and at just £100k and with a strong work ethic, a lot of flair, plus pace, as well as the ability to play right, left or centre in midfield, I think this lad might just be one for the future.

Admittedly I am struggling a bit first team-wise, with Steed Malbranque perhaps being able to cover for a season before I ship him off in return for an English replacement and Jermaine Jenas can do a job on the right if need be.

I did have the chance to sign Jermaine Pennant from Liverpool for his £5m, but I pulled out at the last minute, something I might find myself regretting in a few years, but there’s still a month of the window left and I’m sure if I went in again we could broker another deal.

There’s also David Bentley, who could be mine for £7.25m if Aston Villa’s accepted offer is anything to go by. That’s a very hefty offer, but when one considers he can play upfront and could also be retrained to play in the centre of midfield as well, he could well be worth the price tag.

The left wing is a little harder to find players for, we all know our problems there. Stewart Downing, Joe Cole and Ashley Young are the big names, but the latter two just aren’t going to be coming to Tottenham any time soon and Stewart Downing… well he’s all right, but considering the price Boro would likely want for him, I’d expect a lot more.

Central Midfield
The centre of midfield is the only other place I spent money other than the wings with Kieran St Aimee.

I already had a good English central midfield partnership in the form of Jermaine Jenas and Tom Huddlestone, admittedly not a world beating partnership, but they’re both the younger side of 25 and I’ve no doubt will do a fine job for now.

Of course I’ve always got Zakora and Boateng as back up, until someone comes in for them.

However, I still wanted some young English talent to try and break through the ranks of my Spurs side, so in came Charlie Barnett an attacking midfielder who can also play on the right from Liverpool. For just £450k and at 18 years of age he brings with him a strong creative talent and excellent work ethic, his pace and dribbling ability let him down a bit, but he can float around in the centre of the park and unleash some killer passes for the rest of the team, he’ll be well worth a place in my side.

The other new player was is another attacking midfielder from Leeds united, costing just £2k, his name’s Oliver Hotchkiss and once again comes with a lot of flair and creativity, not to mention a great work rate, but lacks a bit in the physical side of the game.

He does come with an excellent finishing ability mind and could well be pushed further up front if need be.

At just 17 years of age, he’s still flexible and could be retrained to any area of the park I wish.

Strikers
Obviously up front I’ve got Defoe and Bent who, if they get regular first team football under their belt, will no doubt do a fine job in the Premiership.

I don’t really have any good English strikers as back up and that’s something I’ll have to look out for, but for now Defoe and Bent make my strikeforce the strongest English area of the pitch for my Spurs side right now.

Of course I’ll have Berbatov and Keane to back them up in desperate times and also to bring in a nice sum when they do eventually move on, so all in all I’m more than pleased with my attacking options at present.

Interesting points regarding the challenge
One thing I have noticed when getting into this, is deciding whether or not to play all English at the start or to include some foreigners.

Of course the argument for only playing my English players would be that they’ll progress and improve having got more first team football under their belt, whereas I don’t care if the foreigners rot and die, they’re not in my long term plans.

However, I also have to consider that I want to get the best price for my foreign contingent. If I just transfer list them and offer them around now, I’ll probably get a lot less for them than in if I played them week in and week out until January and then sold them for top dollar as clubs became interested.

Berbatov and Keane would be a prime example, think about how much the likes of Chelsea and Man Utd might be willing to pay for him if he was leading the scoring charts come January, compared to if I transfer list him and offer him around now, before the season has begun.

I still haven’t decided exactly what I’m going to do, I’m thinking of sticking with the foreigners until January and then doing a clear out then, which will hopefully make the best use of my assets and bring in the money I’m going to need if I’m to bring in anyone of English heritage with an ounce of class about them.

Fixtures
Being only the first month of the season, I’ve only played friendlies, so nothing to interesting to talk about, 1-1 draws with both AJ Auxerre and Clyde where very disappointing and indeed rather worrying, although 5-0, 3-1 and 2-0 against Stevenage, East Stirlingshire and Patrick Thistle respectively calmed the nerves a bit.

I should probably mention that I’ve been playing with only English players so far through the friendlies to try and assess the home grown talent I’ve got and with King and Dawson being out, this has meant the average age of my defence is about 17 and a half, which is probably why I struggled in a few games.

Although one would have thought Bent and Defoe had enough about them to do a job over Clyde all by themselves, wouldn’t you?