Tottenham Hotspur transfer deadline day: A brief history

For a while, Spurs meant Harry, and there are races as yet undiscovered on Pluto who have a word for talking through the car window on transfer deadline day in the manner of Harry Redknapp (below). Or bare bones, in their dialect.

Probably Spurss greatest moment of squeaky bum transfer business was in summer 2010 when Harry managed to land Rafael van der Vaart for the absolutely bargain basement sum of 8 million, a paltry sum for a triffic player such as the Dutch master.

Tottenham have also come with a late run for the likes of Roman Pavlyuchenko, who cost 10 million and was intended as a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. Not to get too technical, but he wasnt a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov. He was more of a latter-day replacement for Sergei Rebrov, and nobody wanted that.

For some reason, a lot of Tottenhams last-minute dealings seem to have involved players leaving rather than coming. Jermain Defoe (below) scurried out of White Hart Lane to Pompey where he set the South Coast alight with a 17 goals in 36 appearances, form so impressive that he was lured back to Tottenham the following January.

Steven Pienaar is another one who has seen things look up away from the Lane, while Danny Murphy enjoyed something of a new lease of life when he left Tottenham in summer 2007 to Fulham. He will always have a place in the hearts of those down at Craven Cottage after a header on the final day of the season versus Pompey kept the Cottagers up.

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Tottenham Hotspur transfer deadline day: A brief history