On Jan 29 2003 Fenerbahce signed Sergei Rebrov on an 18 month loan from Spurs. The Ukrainian international has the option of a permanent deal if he impresses Rebrov joined Spurs in the Summer of 2000 for a club record £11 million
Sergei Rebrov Rumours and Transfers
29 06 2007
Tottenham sign England forward Darren Bent from Charlton for a club record £16.5 million.
Bent, 23, passed a medical Thursday and signed a deal for up to 6 years with the transfer fee being paid in instalments.
He said, "Tottenham have a lot of young English players and it′s a young squad, it′s a team going forward and that′s the direction I would like to take. It′s exciting times for me and Spurs and hopefully I′ll show what I can do."
Bent will be out to establish himself in the England team after making only 2 starts and one substitute appearance for his country.
The Cambridge born ex-Ipswich player has confidence the move to Spurs will help his cause after he recently turned down a transfer to West Ham.
"It helps a lot that I know several of the lads from England internationals and I′m sure they will help me settle in. They appear to be getting better and better every season and I would love to be part of that."
Spurs manager Martin Jol said, "Darren′s strength is his stamina. Normally players will make runs 3 or 4 times in 45 minutes, he will do it all the time and if you manage to play balls behind the defence, he will be there. That′s what I like about him. He has pace, he links play well and can see a pass, he can exploit the space and play as well. He knows Spurs is the place to be and that′s something to be proud of."
Tottenham′s sporting director, Damien Comolli, added, "Darren has showed fantastic motivation and wish to join the club and we are absolutely delighted to have him. He recognised we have a project here and as a player he would like to work with Martin Jol and showed that all the way. The 2 transfers we′ve completed so far in Darren and Gareth Bale offer us massive improvement in terms of the squad, players with good possible whose best days are in front of them."
Tottenham′s previous largest transfer was the £11 million paid for Sergei Rebrov from Dynamo Kiev in the summer of 2000.
Ipswich are entitled to 20% of the profit made by Charlton on the player under a sell-on clause agreed with the Tractor Boys, meaning an initial payment of £2.58 million will be heading to Portman Road.
