Crouch signs for Spurs

The England international has passed a medical and agreed personal terms and will now link up for a third time with Harry Redknapp who has already managed him at Portsmouth and at Southampton.

Crouch will also rekindle his Little and Large partnership with Jermain Defoe with whom he struck up a good understanding at Fratton Park.

A Pompey statement read: "We are sorry to see Peter go both as a player and a person and would like to thank him for playing a key role for keeping the club in the Premier League last season.

"His sale was necessitated by the club's commitment to repay scheduled debts while we are in a transitional period of completing the takeover.

"We will now be looking to add fresh faces to the first-team squad as soon as possible.