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GIOVANI DOS SANTOS signed for T*****ham after boss Juande Ramos convinced the Mexican they can gatecrash the Champions League next year.
The teenage star joined Sp*rs from Barcelona yesterday for a fee that could reach £8.6million depending on appearances.
Dos Santos, 19, admitted: “I love T*****ham’s plans, they are very ambitious. I was interested in joining them because they are a team that can compete with the top clubs.
“I know Juande Ramos and, of all the offers I had, this was the most challenging from a sporting point of view.”
Dos Santos, who will provide top-class competition for a place either up front or in midfield, met Ramos when he was manager of Seville.
Ramos has kept close tabs on Dos Santos’ career and persuaded chairman Daniel Levy to spend some of this summer’s £40million transfer war chest on the young star, who had just a year left on his contract with Barca.
He is the second creative player Ramos has signed during the summer break with Croatian Luka Modric already at White Hart Lane following his £15.8m switch from Dynamo Zagreb.
The Dos Santos transfer will be completed when the Mexican has undergone a medical.
But he will not have any work permit problems as he is now a naturalized Spaniard after signing for Barcelona at the age of 13.
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