Post by Justin on Jul 19, 2008 5:21:17 GMT 7
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/keane-launches-pound23m-raid-for-four-tottenham-players-870744.html
Sunderland's transfer market activity surged into life yesterday with a remarkable raid on Tottenham Hotspur that could see Steed Malbranque, Teemu Tainio, Younes Kaboul and Pascal Chimbonda swap White Hart Lane for the Stadium of Light.
A collective fee of £23m has been agreed with Spurs, though the players have yet to speak directly with Sunderland manager Roy Keane and Chimbonda, for one, has also been linked with a move to Everton.
But all four players are understood to have returned to England last night from the Tottenham training camp in Spain and are expected to discuss personal terms with Keane today. It is not known if that will occur on Wearside as Sunderland are due to fly to Portugal, with Keane, at lunchtime for their pre-season tournament in Lisbon.
Sunderland's transfer market activity surged into life yesterday with a remarkable raid on Tottenham Hotspur that could see Steed Malbranque, Teemu Tainio, Younes Kaboul and Pascal Chimbonda swap White Hart Lane for the Stadium of Light.
A collective fee of £23m has been agreed with Spurs, though the players have yet to speak directly with Sunderland manager Roy Keane and Chimbonda, for one, has also been linked with a move to Everton.
But all four players are understood to have returned to England last night from the Tottenham training camp in Spain and are expected to discuss personal terms with Keane today. It is not known if that will occur on Wearside as Sunderland are due to fly to Portugal, with Keane, at lunchtime for their pre-season tournament in Lisbon.
