TOTTENHAM have hit the bullseye by confirming the transfer of darts-mad James Maddison on a five-year deal from Leicester.
The North Londoners agreed a deal with the Leicester playmaker, 26, for £45million.
Tottenham announced the signing 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.
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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.”
But 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.
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Maddison – who was forced to delete old tweets slamming Spurs – spent five years at the King Power, scoring 55 goals in 203 games, and leaves as a three-cap senior England international as well as an FA Cup and Community Shield winner.
However, following Leicester’s shock relegation, it was a matter of when, not if, he left the East Midlands 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 – with Conor Coady and Harry Winks set to join Enzo Maresca’s side in the Championship.
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 to seal the deal.
Maddison follows Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario through the door at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ahead of Ange Postecoglou’s first season in charge.
Dejan Kulusevski has also made his loan deal permanent for £26m while Pedro Porro will do the same for £39m this week.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
