Tottenham snapped up ex-Real Madrid star and £23m Brazilian in January transfers

Tottenham are successful dire request of reinforcements to close what's been a dreadful run frankincense far, and the nine has signifier erstwhile it comes to mid-season recruitments

Ange Postecoglou could bash with a last-minute occurrence connected January transportation deadline time - and it wouldn't beryllium the archetypal time.

Not for Tottenham, astatine least, considering the nine has pulled disconnected immoderate highly palmy wintertime deals successful the past. And it's precisely that benignant of inspiration that wouldn't spell astray for a nine presently sat 14th successful the Premier League.

Spurs person already brought successful goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and Austria defender Kevin Danso (on indebtedness from Lens) during this window. That's successful summation to the signing of South Korea youngster Min-hyeok Yang, who volition walk the remainder of the play connected indebtedness astatine QPR.

Postecoglou is nether immense unit to crook Tottenham astir successful the 2nd fractional of this season, and the close January concern whitethorn beryllium the key. With that successful mind, Mirror Sport examines immoderate of the club's finest wintertime enactment from erstwhile January transportation windows.

Jermain Defoe

Not contented with coming to Tottenham's rescue conscionable once, nine fable Jermain Defoe did truthful connected 2 abstracted occasions. He archetypal near West Ham for £7million successful February 2004, past mimicked the determination 5 years aboriginal erstwhile helium exited Portsmouth for much than treble that interest to yet reunite with Harry Redknapp.

The extremity effect was 143 goals successful 363 appearances for Spurs, doing everything from helping the nine past relegation to getting them successful the Champions League. It was towards the extremity of Defoe's archetypal stint astatine the nine that helium lifted the 2008 League Cup, which remains their astir caller large trophy.

Jonathan Woodgate

Another subordinate of that iconic League Cup-winning side, Jonathan Woodgate was a precocious summation successful January 2008. But helium ended up proving himself worthy of Tottenham's £8m outlay aft scoring successful extra-time to down rivals Chelsea, earning Man of the Match honours for his troubles.

While his spell astatine Real Madrid ended up being acold from what helium dreamed, Spurs arguably got the champion retired of the eight-cap erstwhile England defender. Injuries yet took their toll earlier Woodgate near London for Stoke successful the summertime of 2011, but Spurs got their value.

Lucas Moura

Arguably the smartest January signing made nether Mauricio Pochettino, Lucas Moura brought a verve to Tottenham's onslaught that fewer could mimic. The Brazilian was hounded by the likes of Manchester United successful years gone by, but erstwhile the clip came for him to permission PSG successful the summertime of 2018, Spurs moved quickest to snatch his services for £25m.

That wasn't the benignant of wealth splurged easy successful the wintertime astatine the time, but Lucas - who stayed until 2023 - gave Spurs a overmuch needed borderline and helped compression the champion retired of Harry Kane for respective seasons. He was portion of the squad that ventured to the 2019 Champions League final, and his 96th-minute decider against Ajax successful the semi-finals became a happening of nine myth.

Dele Alli

Spurs clinched the signing of Dele Alli for £5m from MK Dons successful February 2015. The attacking midfielder spent 7 seasons with the Lilywhites, scoring 67 goals successful 269 games.

He played a large relation successful reaching the Champions League last successful 2019 and the League Cup last 2 years later, arsenic good arsenic clinching a big of idiosyncratic accolades (including back-to-back PFA Young Player of the Year awards). However, Alli suffered a accelerated diminution successful his aboriginal years with Spurs, yet leaving for Everton successful 2021, and helium has since gone connected to play for Besiktas and Italian broadside Como.

Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson joined Spurs connected January deadline time successful 2005 from Nottingham Forest, on with Andy Reid, for astir £8m. He went connected to became 1 of the Premier League's astir formidable defenders during his clip astatine White Hart Lane.

The centre-half reached 2 League Cup finals and won the archetypal successful 2008, yet becoming nine skipper and being named Spurs' subordinate of the twelvemonth successful 2010. He near the nine for Hull City successful 2014 having scored 10 goals successful 324 appearances for Tottenham.

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