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On Tuesday morning, news broke that Tottenham Hotspur had completed the signing of 6ft 7in England striker Peter Crouch, for a fee reportedly around the 9 mil mark.Has anyone seen the BBC show Hole in the Wall? Because Crouchie would be brill on it.Despite Sunderland failing to agree personal terms with the forward after having a 12 mil bid accepted, Crouch signed a contract with Spurs, and is now believed to be one of the clubs top earners, on a cool 70k a week. Peter Crouch is now the fifth senior striker at Tottenham, alongside former teammate Jermain Defoe, captain Robbie Keane, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent, with the latter reportedly on his way out of London.At Spurs Crouch will once again play under Harry Redknapp, a manager he has now played under three times, after staring for both Southampton and Portsmouth. The move also takes Peter Crouch full circle. He Derek Stepan Kids Jersey started his career at Spurs as a trainee before leaving to join QPR. He returns after hugely succe sful stints at clubs such as Aston Villa and Liverpool, which in turn saw him become an England international.Peter Crouch will once again play in the white of Spurs.The Portsmouth board were quick to stre s that Crouchs sale was purely down to their dire financial situation, with their official website reading: His sale was nece sitated by the clubs commitment to repay scheduled debts while we are in a transitional period of completing the takeover. Portsmouth are currently undergoing a change of board, with Sulaiman Al Fahim in the proce s of becoming chairman, but it seems that Portsmouth will have to sell yet more players to recoup some funds. Personally, I believe Peter Crouch is a very good signing for the club. His playing style is completely unique and he is bound to cause opposing teams problems from set pieces, a skill desperately desired by us. Crouch proved he could play well with Defoe whilst at Pompey and has scored goals wherever he has played, whether it was at Carrow Road during his brief stint at Josh Archibald Women Jersey Norwich, or during the Champions League for Liverpool. Crouch is also a proven international striker, scoring 16 goals in 34 appearances for England, giving him an impre sive return Shane Doan Kids Jersey of just under one goal every other game for his country. The fee is also pretty good, 9 mil for a proven striker looks a snip when we paid around 15mileach for Darren Bent and David Bentley. His wages may be a little steep, but in the current footballing financial climate (where one certain showboating Real Madrid nancy is worth more than Newcastle Football Club) it seems they may just be the norm.Quite how Crouchs signing influences Arrys line-up for next season remains unclear. He could plump for a big man-small man partnership; we all know Crouch and Defoe work well together and the Keane-Pavlyuchenko partnership looks promising. Redknapp might even play Pav and Crouch up front together, with either Keane or Defoe in the hole. Neverthele s, the signing gives Harry options, options which I will review in a future article.With Keane, Defoe, Crouch and Super Pav Spurs can boast an impre sive strikeforceRedknapp was quick to celebrate his strikers, telling journalists not long after Crouchs signing: We now have four top strikers which is what you need at every club and so I am delighted to have Crouchy.With Crouch, Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko we have a good strikeforce.The above statement all but told Darren Bent his Tottenham days were over, and the player is believed to be in the proce s of agreeing terms with Sunderland. Zac Rinaldo Men Jersey Bent was pulled off the plane heading to China for a pre-season tournament shortly after the club completed the Crouch move, and the striker reportedly headed straight off to Sunderland to engage in contract discu sions.Darren Bent in his signature poseSunderland are believed to be willing to splash out 15 mil for Bent, little under what Spurs payed Charlton for the forwards services. It seems Tottenham would almost certainly accept this bid for the mis-firing striker, and Bent is believed to (rather predictably)want out.Quite why Sunderland want to pay so much for a striker who frustrates so many is beyond me, but Bent will probably get on OK at Sunderland. After all, he was our top scorer last year, but if Defoe and Keane both find some form, its hard to see Bent ever cementing a first team place at Spurs. If Sunderland have the patience to leave Bent on for ninety minutes and keep giving him chance after chance, theyll probably view him as a great succe s. Bent will always score goals, but the amount of chances he needs in order to net quickly frustrated Spurs managers and fans alike. He never looked confident in a Spurs shirt, and at the Lane confidence is everything. The White Hart Lane faithful adore the strikers who swagger round the pitch, shirt hanging out of shorts, smashing audacious efforts towards goal. Pavlyuchenko has shown a little of this type of attitude, but Bent always looked slightly apologetic, slightly daunted of the Tottenham atmosphere. Whether Crouch can make the Lane his home remains to be seen but, quite frankly, any Nick Cousins Jersey footballer with dance moves like these will surely be lauded by the Tottenham faithful. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X1pqDpyOIo