LONDON: Tottenham agreed to re-sign Ahmed Mido from AS Roma on Tuesday. This is almost two months after the Egypt striker left the London club.
Mido will sign with Spurs if he gets a work permit, which is a formality, according to the club, which didn t release details of the transfer fee or contract.
British newspapers reported that Tottenham would pay close to 5 million pounds for him.
Mido s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks but Egypt s national coach Hassan Shehata let it slip he was on his way back to Spurs after naming him in his squad for their African Nations Cup qualifier against Burundi this weekend. Shehata said: Mido told me he will travel to London to have a medical before signing for Tottenham. He will be back in Egypt on Wednesday to join up with his colleagues in the national team. Mido s hopes of landing a permanent deal at the end of last season were wrecked when Spurs refused to meet Roma s asking price of more than 5 million pounds. Mido, who scored 11 times in 27 games last term, was a target for both Blackburn and Newcastle during the summer but the striker would prefer a move back to the capital. Jol spent 10.9 million pounds luring Dimitar Berbatov from Bayern Leverkusen but after two defeats in their opening three games the Bulgarian striker has so far struggled to cope with the physical demands of the English game. Roma insisted another loan deal for Mido was out of the question and so Spurs had no other option but to consider a permanent move for the Egyptian. Although Mido appeared as a substitute in Roma s 4-3 defeat by Inter Milan in the Italian Super Cup on Saturday, Coach Luciano Spalletti is understood to have informed Mido he is not part of his future plans. Spurs, still waiting to hear if their 8 million pounds-plus offer for Middlesbrough s Stewart Downing will be accepted, are ready to continue their hunt for new players right up until the transfer deadline. AFP
