Tottenham could be headed to
the High Court over striker Jermain Defoe.
The Sun says the row centres around Defoe's
controversial £7.5million move from Tottenham to Portsmouth in
January 2008.
A High Court judge yesterday ruled phone records belonging to
former Tottenham player Mitchell Thomas and agent Stuart Peters can
be produced as evidence to establish whether there was contact
involving Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, Portsmouth executive chairman
Peter Storrie and then boss Harry Redknapp.
Defoe's former agent Sky Andrew claims he was wrongly cut out of
the deal.
Peters was acting as Tottenham's representative and Thomas is
not licensed as an agent.
If Andrew wins his legal challenge, it could force the FA to
launch a new investigation to discover whether an unlicensed agent
was involved.
Last season, Luton were docked a total of 30 points for
breaching FA financial rules that cover fees paid to agents.
An FA spokesman said: "This is an ongoing case that is being
heard under FA rules by a court of arbitration.
"But we have no special privileges that would let us know at
what stage the hearing has reached to determine the final
outcome."