Mido back, Hatem Ben Arfa on his way

What had always threatened to be a busy final week of the transfer window for Spurs looks very much like it could be over already. Two players who have been on the lips of those ITK for several weeks have now been confirmed as targets by those beyond the message boards and press. Egyptian national team coach Hassan Shehata told Egyptian television on Sunday that Mido would travel to London to complete a permanent transfer to Spurs on Monday before meeting up with the national team. Tuesday's English papers are now reporting a fee has been agreed with Roma, in the region of £3.5million, for Mido. Rodrigo Defendi, who was on loan at Udinese last season will join Roma as part of the deal.

Hatem Ben Arfa, pictured, the highly rated Lyon teenager is also rumoured to have completed his transfer yesterday. Last week, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, had confirmed that his club were in talks with Spurs over the tranfer of Ben Arfa, who has one year remaining on his contract with the French side. The fact that the player is leaving Lyon becuase of a lack of first team opportunities suggests to me that, contrary to what some have suggested, Ben Arfa is not joining to provide an option on the left behind another new left sided player, but is being signed as THE answer to that problem position.