Tottenham have wasted no time in moving on following the departure of Robbie Keane to Liverpool by splashing out £17million of the £19million they received from the Reds on Blackburn winger David Bentley.

Daniel Levy and Juande Ramos moved for Bentley as soon as Keane had left White Hart Lane on Monday and the England midfielder travelled down to London yesterday to complete a medical and sign on the dotted line following talks between Rovers and Spurs on Tuesday.

Reports also suggest that Bentley is to be swiftly followed through the White Hart Lane door by Russia's Euro 2008 star Andrei Arshavin after Spurs and Zenit St Petersburg officials continued talks last night.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Arshavin's representative Dennis Lachter confirmed Spurs' interest but insisted a deal was not imminent: 'Juande Ramos very much wants to sign Andrei as he is his number one target and Daniel Levy is doing everything to make the deal, but it is difficult to agree a fee with Zenit.

'Ramos has been following Andrei from his time in charge of Sevilla and also from last season's Uefa Cup run when Andrei was the outstanding player in the tournament. Andrei has made it known he wants to leave Zenit and the player has made his decision he would like to go to Tottenham.

'He likes the way Tottenham play football and he is a big admirer of Ramos.'



I'm sure there will be much debate from now onwards regarding the fee for Bentley and is he worth that much. He's undoubtedly a very good player who certainly can cross a ball and takes a mean free kick but £17million? I'm not so sure to be honest especially as 40% of the fee will go to that lot down the road who Bentley, unfortunately, used to play for as a youngster.

Surely we needed a striker to replace Keane and what does this now mean for Aaron Lennon?

We'll see I guess.

COYS!!!!