How Tottenham Hotspur Can Benefit in Transfer Market from Relegation Clubs

Typically, teams that go down in football are usually not swimming with quality players that others are circling around like sharks. More often than not, those that drop divisions have a collection of players that are moving to a league they are more capable of playing in.

Sometimes, however, squads have a precocious youth that rose through the ranks at the wrong time or have a couple of players that were injured for long stretches and would have made a difference to a squad.

Tottenham Hotspur benefited from West Ham's drop to the Championship last season and, considering some of the talent available from the relegated squads of Blackburn, Bolton and Wolves, Spurs might do well to size up some of the players that might be for the taking on the cheap.

Junior Hoilett, Grant Hanley, Steven N'Zonzi (Blackburn)

Junior Hoilett seems the most likely of the Blackburn players to move on and Tottenham could certainly stand to add some depth to the wings.

His versatility and speed would prove vital if either Aaron Lennon or Gareth Bale are crocked. Plus, it's not like you make a FIFA Players to Watch list for being a poor player.

Grant Hanley would add a young body to what is a fairly old (and possibly decrepit) Spurs backline.

Hanley, famous for his winner at Old Trafford, missed a substantial part of the season with damage to his ankle but, being a Blackburn defender, is more than willing to sacrifice any part of his body to the cause.

Steven N'Zonzi is a bit more of a subtle play.

Playing as a defensive midfielder, N'Zonzi has physical tools that could make him a Yaya Toure clone if a team was willing to turn him lose, while also possessing the ability to become a defender if needed.

This kind of flexibility would be a boon to many squads, and Tottenham could certainly use some flexibility.

Stuart Holden, Tim Ream (Bolton)

Assuming you could get some assurances that Stuart Holden's knee is back in one piece (after Jonny Evans tried to relocate it better than Nigel de Jong did), Holden is the kind of midfielder Tottenham could bring on when they need more attacking impetus.

He was one of the driving reasons behind Bolton's early 2010-2011 success and his talents would complement Spurs well.

Tim Ream, brought over from New York Red Bulls in January, practically jumped into Bolton's first team and played in most of the second half of the campaign.

Still young at 24, Ream has the potential to be a solid central defender at a relatively cheap price; something Tottenham seem destined to look for this offseason. 

Matt Jarvis, Adam Hammill (Wolves)

Maybe it was a lack of Wolves being worth a damn, but Matt Jarvis had a little bit of a down year.

Jarvis is still a potent winger with pace and solid delivery. He also scored twice as many goals in 2012 as he did in 2011.

Adam Hammill was a Liverpool trainee who was released and has bounced around since that point. Another quick winger, Hammill is good with free kicks and has a bit of flair in his play.

That, however, may also mean he might never see the field for Spurs were he to sign, but that is a matter for a different day.