Zimbabwe striker
Benjani's transfer from Portsmouth to Manchester City looks set to
go through on Tuesday.
Premier League officials are
reportedly ready to confirm the paperwork was completed by the
close of the transfer window at midnight on 31 January.
Portsmouth will still receive
the £7.6m fee agreed last week, although some terms of the deal
have been altered.
Pompey will then be able to
match the £7m fee wanted by Spurs in order to make the Jermain
Defoe deal permanent.
The south coast club had
claimed they only went ahead with the purchase of Defoe from
Tottenham after City told them they had submitted the relevant
forms for Benjani.
City said the transfer
collapsed because Benjani arrived too late in Manchester to
complete the deal before the midnight deadline.<!-- E BO
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