Tottenham Hotspur have agreed terms with Steaua Bucharest to buy defender Vlad Chiriches, the Romanian side’s coach, Laurentiu Reghecampf said on Sunday.“The clubs have agreed on the transfer and I am happy for him,” Reghecampf told a news confederence.
Steaua general manager Mihai Stoica said that the transfer fee had been set at 9.5 million euros (£8.2 million, $12.7 million), which would be a record for the 1986 European champions.
The 23-year-old Chiriches joined Steaua in January 2012. He has been capped 19 times for Romania.
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has already spent over 90 million euros in the transfer market ahead of the September 2 deadline, bringing in notably Brazilian Paulinho from Corinthians and Spanish striker Roberto Soldado from Valencia.
The London club is on the point of selling star player Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for what is expected to be a world record transfer fee of 99 million euros.
Having released William Gallas at the end of last season and then sold Steven Caulker to Cardiff City, Spurs currently have only three senior centre-backs on their books in Michael Dawson, Jan Vertonghen and Younes Kaboul.
Vertonghen was recently sidelined by an ankle problem, while Kaboul has only just returned to fitness after a year out of action due to knee and thigh injuries.” – AFP via Yahoo Sports
