Blackburn Rovers star David Bentley is reported to have passed his medical with Tottenham Hotspur and will be unveiled at a press conference tomorrow morning...
The winger has been ready to leave Ewood Park for a number of months as he seeks a new challenge at a higher level, and despite first Mark Hughes and then Paul Ince's best attempts to keep the 23-year-old at the club, he is now on the brink of being formally presented as a Spurs player.
Bentley, a youth product of the Lilywhites' bitter city rivals Arsenal, rose to prominence with the Rovers, who he is eager to leave as soon as possible in order to join his new side on tour for the Jubileum Tournament in Feyenoord, Netherlands.
Aston Villa's single approach for the player was rebuffed earlier in the month, and Spurs themselves waited before lodging their first bid just two weeks ago, and despite facing rejection from Blackburn's defiant chairman, John Williams, a bid in the region of £18 million is said to have forced the Rovers' hand.
It is now being reported that a deal has been agreed between the clubs and the player and that a press conference scheduled for tomorrow at 10am BST will be to unveil the player.
Arsenal are likely to pocket as much as £7 million from the sale, with Spurs unlikely to stop their spending now, having let go of Robbie Keane, Pascal Chimbonda, Paul Robinson and others already, with Younes Kaboul, Dimitar Berbatov and more likely to follow.
The winger has been ready to leave Ewood Park for a number of months as he seeks a new challenge at a higher level, and despite first Mark Hughes and then Paul Ince's best attempts to keep the 23-year-old at the club, he is now on the brink of being formally presented as a Spurs player.
Bentley, a youth product of the Lilywhites' bitter city rivals Arsenal, rose to prominence with the Rovers, who he is eager to leave as soon as possible in order to join his new side on tour for the Jubileum Tournament in Feyenoord, Netherlands.
Aston Villa's single approach for the player was rebuffed earlier in the month, and Spurs themselves waited before lodging their first bid just two weeks ago, and despite facing rejection from Blackburn's defiant chairman, John Williams, a bid in the region of £18 million is said to have forced the Rovers' hand.
It is now being reported that a deal has been agreed between the clubs and the player and that a press conference scheduled for tomorrow at 10am BST will be to unveil the player.
Arsenal are likely to pocket as much as £7 million from the sale, with Spurs unlikely to stop their spending now, having let go of Robbie Keane, Pascal Chimbonda, Paul Robinson and others already, with Younes Kaboul, Dimitar Berbatov and more likely to follow.
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