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Contracted just before the transfer window closed: Teemu Tainio, Finnish midfielder, ex-Auxerre, ex-Spurs, ex-Sunderland, ex-Birmingham.

The 30 year-old penned a one-season deal. It's a 'performance contract': Ajax will pay him for every actual performance (Mido has a similar deal).

Martin Jol worked with this guy at Spurs.

I don't know him, by the way. Heard his name before, but that's about it.

K.

Does he at least play for his national team? I mean is not like Finland is burtsing with talent, but If he plays for them he may not be all that terrible.

1998– Finland 51 (6)
National team caps and goals correct as of 15:07, 14 March 2010 (UTC

Kowalczyk schreef:
I don't know him, by the way. Heard his name before, but that's about it.

K.

Can't say I know that much about him either but I think he was a Premier League regular at least for a while - checking on Wikipedia (which is at least usually reliable on playing stats) he played total of 88 games for the 3 mentioned teams including 61 for Spurs.

Holland vs Finland tonight in Rotterdam. Tainio starts on the bench (so is our man Jari Litmanen, by the way).

K.

I used to love him down the Spurs, not the best player in the squad but someone you can always rely on to try his best. Imagine a slightly less talented Lindgren :P

Sorry for the late post...was on vacation He scored once against the dutch national team in a qualifying match. I dont have a problem with the lad coming to A-dam but we do have a lot of players in that position including some players from our youth team but given all the games we will be playing i guess you can always add some extra depth to the squad.

This guy played for Over Pasanens Head's two favourite clubs in England, by the way: Sunderland and Spurs...

K.

Tainio has joined Red Bull New York.

RBNY happy.
Tainio happy.
Ajax happy.
Everybody happy.

Former Players from now on.

K.