TOTTENHAM have confirmed the transfer of James Maddison from Leicester.
The North Londoners agreed a deal with the Leicester playmaker for £40million.
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Tottenham announced the deal with a not-so-cryptic tweet.
The short video posted showed a Spurs shirt hanging up in the dressing room before a so-called mystery person picked up three darts from a towel.
Maddison is a huge darts fan and has regularly been spotted at Ally Pally for the PDC World Championships.
But the video did not explicitly mention Maddison, prompting some witty replies from some fans.
One said: “Don’t tell me we’ve signed Eric Bristow to play left sided centre back.”
Another joked: “Let’s hope we haven’t signed Micheal van Gerwen.”
And a third added: “Raymond van Barneveld is fully Coys.”
The official confirmation followed shortly after at 9pm, with Tottenham tweeting: “Welcome, @Madders10!” with the full video of a smiling Maddison landing a bullseye on the darts board before posing for the camera.
Maddison spent five years at the King Power and leaves as a three-cap senior England international.
However, following Leicester’s shock relegation, it was a matter of when not if he left the club to return to the Premier League.
Leicester were keen to wrap up a deal sooner rather than later in order to reinvest the money as part of their major squad overhaul.
The Foxes initially wanted to hold out for £60m and hoped a bidding war between Tottenham and Newcastle would bump up the price.
However, SunSport revealed the Toon’s interest had cooled – paving the way for Spurs.
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