Tottenham partners with San Jose

They're calling it a "football and commercial development" partnership.

I think the cellar-dwelling Premiership club was just trying to find a team it could beat. So Tottenham's ownership had to sign some papers and shake some hands and BAM!

Here's the formal jargon:

Spurs, who are bottom of the Barclays Premier League, view the United States as an important market and will work with their MLS partners to look at areas such as marketing around their stadium.

In turn, the Earthquakes can use the training and coaching models from Spurs.

Training and coaching models from Tottenham... snicker...