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Rafael van der Vaart is in as much of a daze as Tottenham fans after the Premier League sanctioned his whirlwind £8million move from Real Madrid with hours to spare.

Jonathan Woodgate has failed to make Tottenham's 25-man squad for the first half of the Barclays Premier League season.

Tottenham have confirmed the signing of Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid after the Premier League gave them the green light to add the Holland midfielder to their squad.

Peter Crouch will miss England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland due to a back injury.

There was still no official word from Tottenham or Real Madrid on Tuesday night on whether Harry Redknapp had managed to pull off the biggest coup of transfer deadline day by signing Rafael van der Vaart.

Harry Redknapp is hoping Tottenham had beaten the transfer deadline to complete a swoop for Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart.

Tottenham are said to be in talks to bring South Africa defender Bongani Khumalo to White Hart Lane in January.

Spurs have the completed the loan signing of goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa from Spartak Moscow.

Transfer deadline day awakes to a cracking story in the Daily Mirror, linking Tottenham with a shock move for former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

Caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald insists Aston Villa have received no bid or approach from Tottenham for Ashley Young.