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LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur completed the signing of
Peter Crouch from Portsmouth on Monday after the England striker
passed a medical and agreed personal terms, the London club said on
their website.
The deal reunites Crouch with Harry Redknapp, his former manager
at Portsmouth and Southampton, and takes him full circle back to
White Hart Lane where he spent two years as a trainee before being
released without playing a first-team game.
No fee was announced but local media speculated that Spurs had
offered around 10 million pounds for the 28-year-old former
Liverpool forward who turned down a move to Sunderland last
week.
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Crouch was Portsmouth's top scorer last season with 16 goals in
49 games and the south coast club said they were reluctant to let
him go.
"We are sorry to see Peter go both as a player and a person and
would like to thank him for playing a key role in keeping the club
in the Premier League last season," a spokesman said on the club's
website.
"His sale was necessitated by the club's commitment to repay
scheduled debts while we are in a transitional period of completing
the takeover.
"We will now be looking to add fresh faces to the first-team
squad as soon as possible."
Portsmouth are in the process of being bought by a group of
investors from the United Arab Emirates led by Sulaiman
al-Fahim.
Crouch's arrival at Spurs is likely to clear the way for the
departure of striker Darren Bent, with Sunderland showing interest
if the clubs can agree a fee for the player Spurs bought from
Charlton Athletic for 16.5 million two years ago.