Last night, Pompey boss Paul Hart confirmed that he has had to accept an offer believed to be £10 million from Spurs for lanky frontman Peter Crouch.
With Portsmouth struggling financially, despite having recently been taken over by Arab businessman Sulaiman Al Fahim.
After it was clear that Crouch wanted to work with Harry Redknapp for a third time and re-join the club that he was at at the start of his career, a resigned Hart said that he was 'disappointed to see (Crouch) leave'.
It seems that Crouch will replace Darren Bent, whose move to Sunderland seems imminent after new boss Steve Bruce returned to Spurs with an improved £15 million offer.
While this deal seems to make sense financially - Spurs will recoup the fee that they paid to sign the underachieving Bent - it means yet more chop and change in the Spurs squad.
Elsewhere, Redknapp is looking to add to his burgeoning group of talented young players with a £6 million move for Leeds United midfielder and League One PFA young player of the year Fabian Delph.
As I mentioned previously, Spurs will balance the books by selling Scot Alan Hutton, who is interesting Everton boss David Moyes at £7 million. It will be more difficult, however, to shift David Bentley, with potential suitors balking at the £12million price tag that comes with his signature.
Whatever transpires, Redknapp will look to have finalised his squad by the end of the China Cup, which starts for Spurs on Wednesday against West Ham.
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