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Eurosport - Wed, 02 Sep 10:16:00 2009

Tottenham swooped for Portsmouth's Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar and Everton signed Dutch defender Johnny Heitinga on transfer deadline day.

FOOTBALL Niko Kranjcar Portsmouth - 0

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp moved for Kranjcar after Croatian playmaker Luka Modric suffered a broken leg, which will keep him out for six weeks, against Birmingham on Saturday.

Everton signed Heitinga from Atletico Madrid for £6 million and agreed a five-year contract.

The 25-year-old follows French defender Sylvain Distin to Goodison Park as Toffees boss David Moyes strengthens his back-four after Joleon Lescott's move to Manchester City.

Atletico could eventually receive £7 million for the Holland international due to clauses in the terms of the deal.

Aston Villa spent £5 million pounds to sign Wales defender James Collins from West Ham - but Martin O'Neill's side were forced to wait for confirmation that they have signed Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne.

Villa submitted their paperwork to the Premier League an hour before the 5pm deadline, but the league have requested more time to ratify the deal; it is now likely to become official on Wednesday.

The move for Collins did go through in time, however, with the 26-year-old putting pen to paper on a four-year contract. He could make his debut against local rivals Birmingham on September 13.

"It's been a mad 24 hours since coming up here but I'm delighted to have it all sorted. It's a fantastic setting. I just can't wait to get cracking now," Collins said.

"Aston Villa is a massive club so, after coming here looking around the place it didn't take a lot of persuading on my part."

Portsmouth boss Paul Hart made a triple swoop for Watford centre-back Mike Williamson, Manchester City defender Tal Ben Haim and Benfica midfielder Hassan Yebda.

Israel international Ben Haim agreed a four-year contract and his free transfer will be rubber-stamped once he has been given a work permit.

The 27-year-old joins a team who are bottom of the Premier League after four successive defeats but he is determined to help them climb out of the relegation zone.

"It is a big challenge because after four games we have no points but I am ready for the challenge," Ben Haim said.

Hart could pair Ben Haim with Williamson, who cost £3 million pounds from Championship club Watford and agreed a four-year contract.

"He's a young, hungry centre-half, a big lad who is uncompromising and does the basics first," Hart said of Williamson.

Hart also landed Yebda from Portuguese club Benfica. The 25-year-old French-born Algerian has moved to Fratton Park on a season-long loan.

Elsewhere, Stoke City signed defender Danny Collins from Sunderland for £2.75 million although the fee for the 29-year-old could rise to £3.5 million.

Hull boss Phil Brown increased his defensive options by landing Senegal centre-back Ibrahima Sonko, 28, on a season-long loan from Stoke.

Bolton bolstered their forward line by signing Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic, 29, on a one-year loan from French club Nantes.

Wanderers boss Gary Megson said: "His goalscoring record is very good and he has an excellent pedigree at international level with Croatia and domestically in Europe."

Birmingham signed Finland midfielder Teemu Tainio, 29, on loan from Sunderland for the rest of the season.

Burnley signed Portsmouth striker David Nugent on a six-month loan deal, subject to Premier League clearance, and teenage prodigy Joe McKee from Livingston.

While Fulham swooped for Swedish striker David Elm on a one-year deal.

AFP

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  1. notts county should have got:vladimir­ stojkovic,lauren,jorge andrade,roberto carlos,luis­ figo,pavel nedved,santiago solari,henri camara,milan­ purovic,nwankwo kanu

    From besa, on Mon 7 Sep 6:31PM

  2. You have to love all the bitter crying pompey fans, you­ would think that they were the greatest club ever or­ something.
    The players that 'Arry has brought to­ Spours are not Ex-Pompey alone
    Crouch was spurs before­ then liverpool then pompey
    Defoe was west ham then­ spurs then you lot
    Kranjcar is cover till modric is­ back and no more, we'll probably let him go in Jan­ or next summer
    No-one wanted your rubbish keeper­ either, but he wanted out of your rock bottom­ club
    Pompey to go down - soton to come up
    We gave you­ O'Hara on loan - hes a good player who will improve­ with more first team play
    quit directing your anger at­ Spurs and Redknapp - they are not the cause of your­ problems, look to your own house first.
    Bentley will­ come back this year, I'm glad he stayed
    Dunne -­ good signing for Villa, Citeh will miss him when it all­ goes pearshaped
    Hughes to be first sacked manager of­ the season followed by Hart

    From ZougaTheFist, on Thu 3 Sep 4:40PM

  3. drenniefins1 you pedo extroadinare you look like a @#$%­ you dont know craap about football

    From bogan3020, on Thu 3 Sep 12:26AM

  4. I notice Billy Davies has failed to sign a defender­ again. Does he think for one minute, that Forest are­ capable of winning every game 5-4? The defence is @#$%­ at the moment and Wes Morgan is little more than a­ conference player.

    From Chooch, on Wed 2 Sep 3:42PM
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    From Mikuz, on Wed 2 Sep 12:13PM

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    From Mikuz, on Wed 2 Sep 12:12PM

  8. Hmm cool transfers

    From Mikuz, on Wed 2 Sep 12:10PM

  9. What the hell is wrong with you Arry.........you left­ the club,,,,,,stop rapeing it you twitching @#$%.......

    From Yvonne, on Wed 2 Sep 12:03PM

  10. 56. you pompey lot must be so niave, blaming 'mr­ redknapp' for you financial problems. try looking­ at the people who authorise the deals, i can tell you­ for nothing that it would not have been harry who­ signed or authorised payments, mainly as he would not­ have had the authority to do so. managers ask and­ propose deals they dont sanction them that is the board­ and the chairman. also didnt hear a single moan when­ you were doing better than you have done for years­ under him. As for buying succes, i think if you look­ closely into the details you will find Tottenham are­ one of the only clubs whose books balance and who are­ mostly self funded !!!!

    From james l, on Wed 2 Sep 10:45AM

  11. no much news on deadline day.. boring2 BPL, talk more­ about la liga better

    From mun c, on Wed 2 Sep 10:33AM

  12. 56 - yeah, but you know what? That's the kind of­ bad luck that adds up to relegation form. Too much more­ of that, and you're piling the pressure on just to­ be able to catch up with everyone else. And you­ don't need that.

    From Neil, on Wed 2 Sep 9:54AM

  13. It seems to me that a lot of correspondence on these­ pages revolves around which teams have the most money. ­ This is the very sad thing about football these days,­ you can buy your success. It happened at Chelsea, it­ is happening at Man City and spurs. Poor old Pompey­ had to sell all their good players to pay the debts­ left behind by Mr Redknapp. We had our day in the sun­ at Wembley and finished 8th in the league. But we are­ paying for it now. I know most of our 'stars'­ have departed but I think we do have a team that can­ survive this season. Look at the results, a fluked­ goal against Fulham: 1 - 0, a penalty (that wasn't)­ against Birmingham: 1 - 0: a dead cert penalty against­ Arsenal that would have drawn us level and then who­ knows and a 1 - 0 defeat against Man City which donkey­ Nugent should have cancelled out at the end. I admit­ we were well beaten by Arsenal in the end, but we have­ played some good football overall. I will not give up­ hope, and I am sure we can turn things around. As to­ spurs' signing of Niko, well I could see that his­ heart wasn't in it any more playing for Pompey, and­ we don't want players like that. We will battle on­ and survive. I am sure there are three worse teams in­ the PL!

    PLAY UP POMPEY!!

    From Lord Dambo of Purbrookshire, on Wed 2 Sep 9:12AM

  14. Harry 'car whealer dealer 'Redc**pp, ran to­ Spurs cos he liked the sound of CASH.. he decided­ Spurs' are a 'bigger' club. Then goes and­ buys half the Pompey players...every single day­ he's on Sky Sports news, giving it large thinks­ he's lord almighty...talk about 'in your­ face'!!.pity he has this show off mentality, used­ to like him, but now???Plaudits will come IF Spurs win­ something this season, and yes, Harry would get all the­ credit , no doubt, but hey, winning four games does not­ a season make...will they still be giving it after the­ Chelsea Spurs game......?

    From kpb, on Wed 2 Sep 9:01AM

  15. I think good signing for Spurs Niko can cover every­ position in the midfield and lets face it he only been­ brought in for cover im also so happy we didnt get­ James, Cuddicini & Gomes are much better than him ,­ good signing for Villa after the loss of Martin Laursen­ they needed sombody as good as him in the air and Dunne­ can do that, City are fecking idiots to let him go as­ an Irish man hes been good for us over the years cant­ see why City let him go he was in much better form than­ Toure and Lescott is over rated imo now if they sell­ Stephen Ireland to Spurs in January id be very happy­ man :P

    COYS

    From Martin S, on Wed 2 Sep 8:39AM

  16. come on you spurs , this is the real deal , dont mess­ it up .

    From garycard, on Wed 2 Sep 6:07AM
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    Spurs can sign all the players they want we all know­ they will be lucky to avoid relegation.

    From Mukhtar A, on Wed 2 Sep 5:41AM

  18. why sign a player from potential relegated club? he­ should looking someone from top flight club... pure­ stupidity!!

    From mun c, on Wed 2 Sep 5:22AM

  19. bentley is better than kranjcar surely. how can spur­ made a mistake like this? what a shame?!

    From mun c, on Wed 2 Sep 5:20AM

  20. Trivia Bonus Question..

    Is Carlo Ancelotti,Harry­­­­­ Redknapp,Martin­ O'Neil,David Moyes & hell­­­­ even­ Gianfranco Zola­ a far better manager than­ that­­­ Fat­ Spanish­ P***K??..i­ would say YES!!!..he­ is­­­ rather­­ 'S***e"!!!!!....

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Wed 2 Sep 5:11AM
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