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<p>The Mexican winger Giovani Dos Santos has completed his £5million move to White Hart Lane from Barcelona&nbsp;this afternoon. Dos Santos has signed a 5 year contract and joins up with his team mates for pre-season training on July 7th. It was a signing we discussed last weekend here on EPLTalk.com.</p>
<p>Spurs had been in the running for his signature for the last couple of weeks, but had to fend off a late bid from Manchester City to complete&nbsp;the deal. Dos Santos has cited the main reason for joining Tottenham is coach Juande Ramos and the two will be hoping for a successful season, both domestically and in the UEFA Cup.</p>
<p>Dos Santos is Tottenhams 2nd major signing of what seems to be developing into a very busy summer of transfer activity for the North London club. Ramos has also made his feelings clear about signing Portsmouths French defensive midfielder Lassana Diarra as he looks to strenghten the squad. Everton have also indicated they are preparing a bid for Spurs’&nbsp;England Under 21&nbsp;International&nbsp;Tom Huddlestone, expected to be around £6 million</p>


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Dos Santos Confirms Tottenham Move

<p></p><div><figure class="image"></figure></div>Manchester City will play in next season’s Uefa Cup after claiming a place via the Premier League’s fair play table. England were awarded an extra place in the tournament after the Premier League came top of Uefa’s fair play rankings.  City had feared losing out to Fulham in the race for European football after centre-back Richard Dunne was sent off in the 8-1 defeat by Middlesbrough in their final game of the season.  Depsite that lapse they held off the challenge of Fulham to finish sixth in the English Fair Play table but crucially above any team who has not already qualified for Europe.<p></p>
<p>City will join the Uefa Cup at the first qualifying round stage in July and compete in the Northern region. This puts them in line to face opposition from Estonia, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Lithuania or Luxembourg, or opposition closer to home as there are two Northern Irish representatives Glentoran and Cliftonville, two from the Republic in Cork City and current league leaders St Patrick’s Athletic, as well as Bangor from Wales. There is also the possibility of a rematch with Wales’ other representatives The New Saints who, as Total Network Solutions, faced City when they last got into the UEFA Cup by the same route in 2003.</p>
<p>Ironically, City have already confirmed they will not be able to host the first qualifying round tie at their own stadium as the pitch is due to be relaid once a Bon Jovi concert has taken place in June. Old Trafford is unlikely to be a choice and most Lancashire grounds would either be relaying their surface or deemed unsuitable, Huddersfield Town’s Galpharm Stadium, which usually plays host to rugby league in the summer, has been mentioned as a possible alternative.<br>
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(compiled from ESPN, CNN and other news agency articles)</em></p>


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