Harry Redknapp has finally dipped his toe into the transfer market with the signing of Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker from Sheffield United. While many of the Spurs fans were no doubt looking for a bigger splash, the acquisition of the two young full backs seems like a reasonable bit of business. Naughton in particular looks like a good buy, able to play at both left and right back and has been capped at under-21 level. He also won a spot in the PFA's Championship team of the season, no small feat given the competitiveness of that league.

The only questionable aspect of the transfers is that Spurs look top-heavy in those positions. Having said that, Chris Gunter has already been shipped out to Nottingham Forest, the hapless Gilberto has been shown the door and the never-popular Chimbonda is constantly being touted as the makeweight in various other deals. Hopefully Redknapp will hang on to Bale, Corluka, Hutton and the much-improved Assou-Ekotto. Bale has struggled with form and injuries since joining Spurs two seasons ago, but has shown his undoubted talent in fits and starts, and offers options on the left hand side of midfield as well as at left back. In the same vein, Corluka can slot in at center half, a position where the team unquestionably needs cover. Alan Hutton has also suffered through injury but is now in a position to make the right back berth his own. Although he has the look of an older man, Hutton is still only 24 and has the quality to develop into a player of the very highest calibre.

Looking towards the other end of the spectrum, Didier Zokora is gone and Darren Bent might be going. Although the fee for Zokora is officially "undisclosed", it seems as if Spurs have essentially recouped the money that was paid for him. This represents a good price for a player who, unfortunately, will probably be remembered most for his glaring miss in the 2008 Carling Cup final. If Bent does move to Sunderland, it looks as if Spurs will take a hit on the almost £17m that was shelled out for him in 2007. That fee at that time was crazy. Whether Steve Bruce will be even crazier in parting with a reputed £12m for him now is open to question.

Bent is reportedly a target for Sunderland because Peter Crouch is unwilling to move to the north east. In the great merry-go-round that is the transfer window, the funds accrued by Spurs could then be used to bring Crouch to the club where he started life as a professional footballer. A reunited Crouch and Defoe would undoubtedly create a buzz among the Spurs fans, and also no doubt in the mind of Fabio Capello.

Harry Redknapp appears - or perhaps wishes to appear - to have poured cold water on the deal saying that,

"I like Crouchie but at the moment we have got four good strikers so it's not a priority. We are not desperate at the moment for strikers."

If four becomes three in the next few days, however, the Premiership's tallest player could well be on display at the Lane next season.