Thursday, 12 July 2012

AVB revolution continues...


The AVB revolution at White Hart Lane continued today as Tottenham finalised a deal for defender Jan Vertonghen from Ajax Amsterdam. Vertongghen is AVB's second signing following the arrival of Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Although, Spurs have not disclosed how much they have agreed to pay for the Belgium defender, who had 12 months left on his contract with Ajax Amsterdam.
It was a case of third time lucky as Spurs had seen two bids rejected as the Dutch club wanted a fee of £12 million for the central defender who made 220 appearances for the Dutch club. Spurs had been tracking the Belgium defender, who captained Ajax to a second successive Eredivisie title last season, for some time.

He won the 2011 - 2012 Dutch player of the year award as well as Ajax's player of season award and scored 10 times in 37 games last season. Vertonghen will offer Andre Villas-Boas more defensive options with Ryan Nelson moving to QPR and Ledley King's future still uncertain.

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