Spurs splash stg£7m for Defoe on deadline day

TOTTENHAM bucked the trend for loans and cheap deals on a busy transfer deadline day by splashing out stg£7million on West Ham striker Jermain Defoe.

The five-year deal which takes West Ham’s prized asset to White Hart Lane, and also sees Bobby Zamora move in the opposite direction, dominated a day in which Leeds and Portsmouth were also active.

England Under-21 international Defoe had attracted interest from Barclaycard Premiership clubs since handing in a transfer request the day after the Hammers were relegated last season.