Tim Sherwood has joined First Division leaders Portsmouth from Tottenham until the end of the season.
The arrival of Sherwood ends a long chase for the midfielder, who has fallen out of favour at White Hart Lane.
Chief executive Peter Storrie told the club's official website, www.pompeyfc.co.uk: "I am glad to have Tim here as I am never fully satisfied until everything is finalised.
"Tim is a box-to-box player and it does not need anyone to promote his record and how valuable he is to us.
"Harry Redknapp has long admired the player and our interest in adding him to our squad for some time has not particularly been a secret.
"We are very pleased to have overcome all the various hurdles and announce that our perseverance has paid off with Tim becoming a Pompey player until the end of the current season.
"He is another player who knows what it takes to get to the top and stay there.
"At this stage of the season and in our present position he is quite a catch."
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