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Fa Barclaycard Premiership News
( 06 January 2009 )

English Premiership football News

Spurs set to finalise Defoe deal
Tottenham are ready to sign England striker Jermain Defoe for a fee thought about £ 15m, after the adoption of an agreement with Fa Barclaycard Premiership rivals Portsmouth.

Defoe returns to the club he left in less than a year over a five-year contract.

Harry Redknapp initially attracted Defoe, 26 years old, from White Hart Lane to Pompey for an agreement to the tune of £ 12m in 2008 when he was in charge at Fratton Park.

Defoe Spurs a parade before their home fans ahead 4-1 Carling Cup first semi-final win over Burnley.

Tottenham are still a few loose ends to tie on top of the Fa Barclaycard Premiership with the transfer of the requisite approval L19 article prohibits players from clubs back in a year.

This rule was introduced to prevent clubs abusing the loan system.

The authorization should not be a problem, my understanding of the sale while the clause worth around £ 4m was lifted by Portsmouth, "said BBC Radio Five Live football senior journalist Ian Dennis.

"While the package is £ 15 million initial investment is not even double digits in terms of millions of people. Any transfer of more than £ 10m, Spurs must announce to the Stock Exchange and there was no List of this transfer. "

Defoe has scored 17 goals in 36 games for Portsmouth, including eight in its first seven games and nine more this season.

Any arrangement for the future, which has scored six goals in 32 appearances for England, will also include amounts due from Portsmouth to Tottenham for deals in Younes Kaboul and Pedro Mendes.

The leader has also been linked with Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Former Spurs defend Gary Stevens is the deposit before being a great success on his return to the club.

"Defoe is a striker with an excellent track record and if you hit play on a regular basis and to provide ammunition, it enables you to get the goals is what I was born to do," he said BBC Sport.

"I am sure that when he moved to Portsmouth last January for a moment, he has no plans to return to Spurs within a year.
"But I think he never wanted to leave the club in first place and it seems that I always had great affection for Tottenham. It's a win-win for the club and the player."

This will be the third time, Defoe has played under Redknapp that the duo were also together at West Ham on the end of the century.

And this will also be key, Stevens said: "The relations are developing in football and Harry knows exactly what it is to Defoe - and how to get the better of him.

"First things first, Jermain needs to get the goals to help the Spurs away from the drop zone. But Spurs are still in three Cup competitions and they say everything about football is the time - maybe Jermain's arrival is just in time for him to make a cup final. "

Redknapp is also keen to sign a midfielder left for the transfer window, Middlesbrough in January but have already rejected two offers of Londoners from Stewart Downing.
by bbcnews.

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Denilson given trial with Bolton
Bolton have won the World Cup Brazilian Denilson a trial.

Manager Gary Megson is willing to take a look at the 31-year-old, who is a free agent after being released from Brazilian club Palmeiras.

The flamboyant forward has become the world's most expensive player when he moved to Betis from Sao Paulo in 1998 for £ 21.5.

Wanderers have also Hungarian keeper Adam Bogdan, 21, a new contract, which runs until 2011.

Denilson has spent seven seasons in Spain before spells at Bordeaux, and Al-Nasr FC Dallas.

He has won 68 caps for his country and was part of the Brazil team that won the 2002 World Cup

He also played in the 1998 final when Brazil lost 3-0 to France.
by bbcnews.