Woodgate heads to the Lane to seal Spurs deal as Arsenal deny swoop

Woodgate heads to the Lane to seal Spurs deal as Arsenal deny swoop

Middlesbrough
centre half Jonathan Woodgate was completing his transfer to Tottenham today, Sportsmail has learned.Reports indicated that Arsenal had swooped for the 28-year-old England defender, making Boro an offer £1million in excess of their north London rival's £6m bid.Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, however, has moved to rubbish those reports, saying: "I do not know where that story came from. There is no truth in it at all."We have never been in touch with Middlesbrough about Jonathan Woodgate." The former Leeds, Newcastle and Real Madrid star - who will be available for next month's Carling Cup Final against Chelsea at Wembley - underwent a medical at White Hart Lane and shook hands with Spurs officials at the weekend before returning to Teesside. Sportsmail understands he was today travelling back to London by train to seal the deal with Tottenham sporting director Damien Comolli.Boro chief executive Keith Lamb said: "We've agreed a fee with Tottenham and as far as I'm aware he went down at the weekend to have a medical and we're just waiting to see."Newcastle had also had a bid accepted by their north-east neighbours but Woodgate was never keen on a second spell at St James' Park.

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