Tottenham pay £8m to Forest for Reid and Dawson

More than a year after he expected it to happen Nottingham Forest's Andy Reid finally got his much anticipated move to Tottenham Hotspur last night. Reid, a left winger, will become a Spurs player along with his Forest team-mate Michael Dawson in a joint deal worth £8m - the biggest to be sealed on the final day of the transfer window.

More than a year after he expected it to happen Nottingham Forest's Andy Reid finally got his much anticipated move to Tottenham Hotspur last night. Reid, a left winger, will become a Spurs player along with his Forest team-mate Michael Dawson in a joint deal worth £8m - the biggest to be sealed on the final day of the transfer window.

It means that Spurs, at the fifth attempt, have finally landed their man. Throughout the saga, Reid had made clear his desire to move to White Hart Lane and the agreement kills any lingering hopes Southampton had of signing the 22-year-old Republic of Ireland international, even though a bid of £3m plus Brett Ormerod and Darren Kenton had been accepted on Saturday.

Reid's move also reignited talks over the possible departure of Spurs' Simon Davies to Everton. The 25-year-old Welshman has been a long-time target of David Moyes and Everton, who were also interested in Reid, had an initial bid turned down yesterday morning. Spurs want £5m for Davies, while Everton have offered just £2m but both clubs were last night trying to reach an agreement while the future of Crystal Palace's Wayne Routledge was also being monitored.

Indeed, Spurs have been the busiest Premiership club in the transfer window, signing seven players, with another agreeing a pre-contract, and allowing two to leave. Spurs are believed to have paid £4.5m for Reid - finally meeting Forest's asking price - and a further £3.5m for Dawson, the highly rated, 21-year-old central defender.

Despite their precarious League position Forest, with debts of £15m, admitted the deal was too good to refuse. "Both players are understandably ambitious young men and are keen to play in the Premiership as soon as possible," said their chief executive, Mark Arthur.

"This represents a great opportunity for both of them and as a club we felt we could not stand in their way." An advantage for Forest is that as a Football League club they are not prevented from buying players outside the window and will now have the funds to do so. Their manager, Gary Megson, is expected to now move for Darren Moore, who is at his former club, West Bromwich Albion.

Everton did definitely complete one signing yesterday, taking the Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta on loan for the rest of the season from Real Sociedad with a view to a permanent, £2.85m transfer. The 22-year-old former Rangers player only moved to La Liga last summer, as the replacement for the Liverpool-bound Xabi Alonso, but has struggled.

"This is a real coup," said Everton's chief executive, Keith Wyness. Arteta was targeted by Everton after Blackburn Rovers' Barry Ferguson made it clear he wanted to move to Rangers and not stay in England despite a bid of £5m being mooted. Blackburn, however, did release the 31-year-old winger Javier De Pedro, allowing him to join the Italian Serie B side Perugia.

Bolton Wanderers completed the signing of the French international Vincent Candela. The 31-year-old right-back joins from Roma, where he has made just three appearances this season, on a five-year deal after agreeing to take a significant pay-cut. Candela, who played in France's winning Euro 2000 team, said he would decide at the end of the season whether to stay at Bolton or retire.

Portsmouth, having missed out on the Russian striker Dmitri Bulykin following a dispute over agents' fees despite agreeing a £1.1m move from Dynamo Moscow, have signed the 25-year-old Slovenian Aleksandar Rodic. Talks were also continuing yesterday over the signing of an attacking midfield player. At the same time, Eyal Berkovic was negotiating a possible pay-off.

Another veteran midfielder, Charlton Athletic's 34-year-old former captain Graham Stuart, moved to Norwich City on a free transfer until the end of the season while Fulham allowed the striker Elvis Hammond to join the Dutch club RBC Roosendaal on loan. Manchester's City goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus signed a one-year deal with Rangers.

One player not moving is Chelsea's Geremi who turned down a move to Middlesbrough - who also lost out yesterday until the season's end on a deal to sign Celtic's Bobo Baldé - despite the Teessiders agreeing a £3m fee and matching his wages at Stamford Bridge. He will probably move in the summer.

Chelsea have failed to land one of their main end-of-season targets with the Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov signing for Fiorentina yesterday for just under £10m.

Yesterday's major moves

Player	From	To	Fee
Nicolas Anelka	Man City	Fenerbahce	£7m
Andy Reid	N Forest	Tottenham	£4.5m
Richard Dawson	N Forest	Tottenham	£3.5m
Richard Chaplow	Burnley	West Brom	£1.5m
Eric Djemba-Djemba	Man Utd	Aston Villa	£1.25m
Olivier Bernard	Newcastle	Southampton	Undis.
Aleksandar Rodic	NK HIT Gorica	Portsmouth	Undis.
Ronald Waterreus	Man City	Rangers	£100k
Stephen Hughes	Rangers	Leicester	£100k
Vincent Candela	Roma	Bolton	Free
Graham Stuart	Charlton	Norwich	Free
Generoso Rossi	Palermo	QPR	Free
Robbie Stockdale	Rotherham	Hull City	Free
Javi De Pedro	Blackburn	Perugia	Free
Colin Murdock	Hibernian	Crewe	Free
Matt Somner	Brentford	Cambridge	Free
Betrand Cozic	Northampton	Kidderminster	Free
Billy Dennehy	Shelbourne	Sunderland	Free
Darryn Stamp	Chester City	Stevenage	Free
Jermaine Pennant	Arsenal	Birmingham	Loan
Mikel Arteta	Real Sociedad	Everton	Loan
Henri Camara	Celtic	Southampton	Loan
Edson Silva	Tottenham	ADO Den Haag	Loan
Elvis Hammond	Fulham	Roosendaal	Loan
Craig Bellamy	Newcastle Utd	Celtic	Loan