Tottenham sign James Maddison

foreign let's go straight to James Green

then who's at Tottenham hotspur's

training ground for the very latest on

this breaking news a deal done for

Tottenham James what can you tell us

yeah big breaking news this evening

Tottenham Hotspur have signed James

Madison from Leicester city for a fee we

believe to be around 40 million pounds

the England midfielder has signed a

five-year contract taking him to

2028 a big sign in at the club one that

they've been pushing for over the last

couple of days we know that the player

was here this afternoon doing his

medical we saw a Tottenham manager and

Pastor conclude arrive at the training

ground earlier this evening he was here

for around about an hour and then he was

seen leaving the training ground with a

bit of a thumbs up to us and uh yeah

very very happy to get this one over the

line but the club have announced it now

that James Madison is officially a

Tottenham Hotspur player

so James

um about this deal then specifically for

James Madison I mean Tottenham have got

it done swiftly seemingly 40 million

pounds and he had a good season last

year really didn't he at Leicester city

in a team that got relegated 30

appearances 10 goals how much quality

will he bring to Ange poster cogloo

Squad

yeah I think his quality is undeniable I

think there was quite a bit of a fight

early doors in the transfer window for

his signature we know Newcastle United

were very interested in the player they

seem to set their eyes on AC Milan sanjo

tonali but James Madison has been high

on tottenham's less than and Pastor

cogley's list he's full of quality very

creative and if you speak to many

Tottenham fans they keep referring to

their last creative midfielder of that

sort of caliber and that is uh was

Christian Erickson and he left the club

in 2020 it's been a few years since I've

had that player that could play in that

number eight position and with Anton

cochlear coming in and looking to play a

new formation he prefers his 4-33 you

think James Madison fits that perfectly

well but he's very versatile he's proved

that when he's played for England on the

garage Southgate Gareth has used him on

the left-hand side a little bit more he

could play across the front line we've

seen it for Leicester city too but as

you mentioned 10 goals uh in 30

appearances for a City side that were

relegated he got nine assists as well

five years at Leicester fifth place

finishes experience in Europe an FA Cup

Final winners medal along the way in

2021 this player can bring a vast amount

of experience and quality plus he's

still 26 years old a five-year contract

he's got a lot still in his locker a lot

of improvements I'm sure he can still

make and with England and Euro 2024 on

the horizon next summer he will be

Deborah to play a part in that

tournament if england can get there of

course and an opportunity to play at

Tottenham certainly come at the right

time I think this is a great deal for

both the player and a very very good

piece of business for Tottenham to get a

player of the quality of James Madison

for 40 million pounds

James a lot happening tonight of course

across North London at Arsenal two deals

one done one getting closer but it's

Tottenham as well wasting no time in

getting this sorted and posted cogley

will be delighted at how quickly he's

been able to shape his Squad

yeah it'd be very very pleased the club

go on a tour of Australia in three weeks

time and it feels like that he wants to

get the squad kind of complete in the

early stages of this transfer window

guyomo Vicario joined the club yesterday

the empty goalkeeper Italian goalkeepers

joined uh he's already confirmed Pedro

poro on a permanent Signing Day in

kulusevsky signed for the club on a

permanent basis both were at the club

previously on low now James Madison's

joint you can start to see maybe uh this

shaping up to be a busy track window for

Tottenham but I'll be so pleased with

the business they've done so quickly but

James Madison has now been officially

confirmed as a Tottenham Hotspur player

brilliant thank you for bringing to that

news James and for standing by there to

bring us that all evening right

Leicester have confirmed this news as

well the club have said on their website

that he departs with the best wishes of

everyone at Leicester city undoubtedly

low for them but with one year left on

his contract lots of clubs were

interested and it's Tottenham who have

got their man they have confirmed the

signing of James Madison yeah they've

confirmed the news as well on their

website Ian on the Tottenham Hotspur

website tonight they say they're

delighted to announce the signing of

James Madison from Leicester they say

the England International has agreed a

deal with the club that will run until

2028 and will bring you more reaction to

that story here on Sky Sports News

thank you