Tottenham Missed Out On Joao Moutinho Joining Club By Minutes: The Nightly EPL

Heartbreak for Tottenham Hotspur fans tonight as The Telegraph reports that the club was literally minutes away from signing Portugese midfielder Joao Moutinho, but the club didn’t make the Friday night deadline.

The clubs had agreed a fee for Moutinho, but there were third-party ownership issues that prevented the deal from going through.

Meanwhile, here are the Premier League news headlines from a busy day:

• Tottenham Hotspur missed out on Porto’s Joao Moutinho by minutes — The Telegraph
• Andy Carroll likely to miss England’s World Cup qualifiers with injury — The Guardian
• Dalglish’s Liverpool sacking revealed… on TV in FOX documentary — The Daily Mail
  
• FOX contemplating Being Chelsea and Being Man City documentaries — The Guardian
• Swansea City fear lengthy lay-off for Neil Taylor after horror ankle break — Wales Online
• Liverpool’s failure to sign Clint Dempsey shows financial constraints — The Guardian
• EPL transfer and wage spending from the 2000/01 season to 2011/12 — The Telegraph
  
• Ryan Taylor will be ruled out for several months after suffering a knee injury — Newcastle Utd
  
• Everton wait on season-long loan signing of midfielder Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe — Sky Sports
  
• Steven N’Zonzi joins Stoke for £3.5million — The Daily Mail
  
• Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon signs a new four-year contract — BBC Sport
• The decline of Aston Villa — Football Economy
• Mario Balotelli faces a minor eye operation to correct a recurring problem — Man City FC
  
• The Esso Collection of Football Club Badges, 1972 — The Football Attic