Bent takes his cut to join Spurs

[RiverWire]

While Arsenal were coming to terms with Thierry Henry's exit, Charlton striker Darren Bent last night agreed to join Tottenham for £30,000 a week less than was on offer at West Ham a week ago.

Spurs will pay a club record £16million for Bent, with £13m payable now and a further £3m in success-related add-ons.

While the transfer fee eclipses the £10.9m paid for Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov last summer and the White Hart Lane record of £11m for Ukrainian flop Sergei Rebrov in 2000, Bent's decision to accept £45,000 a week over five years, rather than £75,000 a week at Upton Park, is even more staggering.

[landlord1]

Great. Now let's get rid of Mido not Defoe.With the Gooners losing Henry it's Spurs on the up and Arsenal on the way down !You can't beat a bit of schadenfreude can you ?

[ Added: 2007-06-23, 14:55 ]
Seriously though I hope we don't get a problem with an ego war in the dressing room. We have now got 4 class strikers and they will all want to play every game and somebody has to be disappointed.It takes a lot to be able to cope with not being first choice and resigned to a life of rotation.I just hope MJ's counselling skills match those of his football nous.

[Twizzle]

if they are good enough they can play a bit further up the field

they dont all have to play striker, surely there must be some flexibility if we keep Defoe

he is a talented player and he'd be a waste being a bench warmer all season,

get him on the field if we keep him

[baxta]

i just hope bent is worth it.. I have a sour feeling he isnt goin to be worth that price tag.. Dimi has been a dream and worth every sent, but i can fell another Rebrov story with bent, we pay heaps, he plays ok.. then pretty well gets forgotten and goes else where...

BUT, I will VERY GLADLY take all this back galdly if he plays as good as he is meant too be worth :4: