Since the transfer window came into force during the 2002-03 season, Spurs have been one of the most active clubs in terms of players arriving at and leaving White Hart Lane.

After a fairly quiet window by their standards – signing trio Yago Falque, Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen all on free transfers, let's take a look at seven players signed for big money during the January period.

There was a lack of real excitement during the final day of the 2012 January Transfer Window, with none of the Premier League's big names on the move and a subsequent drop in spending from the same day 12 months ago means the latest transfer window closed without much of a noise.

The speculation that ran wild from Sky Sports News reporters situated at Premier League grounds became boring with attention being finally turned to actual fixtures that took place on the night.

Talksport: Top 10 free transfers ever: Ba, Campbell, Friedel, McAllister and more

Click on the arrows to reveal the biggest bargains in football

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A news article on 2012-01-05 16:25:22 from: Talksport

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Even the Daily Mail had to be pleasant about Spurs in the wake of our 4-0 win over Liverpool at the weekend and this morning the paper has started a story linking the club to a move for Swiss goal keeper Eldin Jakupovic.

Jakupovic currently plays his football in Greece but after his side Olympiakos Volos were relegated to the lower tiers of national football following match fixing allegations, all of their players have become available on free transfers.

Apparently they name hurricanes using men and women's names, working their way sequentially through the alphabet.
After Irene left a trail of havoc up the eastern seaboard of America, I don't know what happened to Jose but there's no mistaking that Hurricane Kenny swept through Anfield in the last fortnight, carrying away lots of dead wood and depositing things in unlikely settings.

Sportsmail's guide to players available on free transfers

Sportsmail picks a team of free agents that are still available and would not cost a single penny (apart from wages.) How many would you have in your squad?

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A news article on 2011-09-02 15:05:04 from: The Mail

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Joey Barton and 10 brilliant free transfers including Ian Wright, Gary McAllister and Brad Friedel

Joey Barton could turn out to be the bargain of the season

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Latest rumours surrounding Serbian International, Milan Jovanovic appear to suggest that the player has almost agreed personal terms with Belgian club Anderlecht.
His agent has claimed that a deal has almost been done between the two clubs and that all that remains now is for the forward to agree his weekly wages with the club.

Leave the Fireworks to the Professionals, M'kay?Viper said it earlier, but we'd like to wish happy 4th of July to all of our readers! We hope you enjoy your time today with friends and family today, eat plenty of BBQ and, most importantly, retain all of your fingers.
There's just a bit of news to report today as the Red Bulls enjoy a day of recuperation following their mammoth four-game road trip.

It will not have gone unnoticed that Newcatsle have brought in three good players and let one good player go but the net transfer outlay so far this summer is zero. Alan Pardew £35M will be reinvested Newcastle brought in Demba Ba and Sylvain Margeaux on free transfers, and paid around £4.5M for [.

The annual carousel of potential transfer targets is spinning once again in Turin as Juventus look to try and build a title contending team. As is the summer tradition, star players from all across Europe are being linked with the Bianconeri. But while the flashy names are splashed across the headlines, club General Manager Giuseppe Marotta and Juventus are quietly going about the business of fixing what really needed to be fixed.

Jonathan Spector, Eddie Johnson, and Marcus Hahnemann are available as free transfers after parting ways with their clubs. Spector, who found success last season in a switch from defense to midfield, leaves West Ham United. West Ham was relegated at the end of the season. Spector joined the club for the 2006-07 season, ultimately making 101 Premier League appearances.

Portsmouth striker David Nugent is out-of-contract this summer and the one-time England international is keen to resolve his playing situation one way or another in the coming weeks.

The former Bury trainee enjoyed a good footballing education at Gigg Lane in League Two, earning a move to Preston North End, who, at the time were challenging for Championship promotion.

Is your club completely skint? Still waiting for your Arab oil sheikh to sink billions of his black gold profits into your first team? Just like the rest of us, you'll probably we waiting a long time. As Manchester City fans are going to find out in the next few seasons, money can't guarantee you long-term success.

It is safe to say that Liverpool have not been the most adept in the Bosman free transfer market over the last few years. With limited money to spend under former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the Reds have delved into the free transfer market and come up with some real stinkers. The Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin came from Bayer Leverkusen in 2007, and he was followed to Anfield by Standard Liege's Milan Jovanovic and Chelsea's Joe Cole last summer.

With the news that Jean-Marc Bosman, (the Belgian footballer whose court case changed football's financial clout), is now out of work and living on benefits, I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to look at potential free transfers this summer.
Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich) – I know that we have big Andy and the tricky Suarez, but all top clubs have 3 top class strikers fighting for a starting position so why wouldn't we take a look at him?

I realize this is Portland Is Wonderful Week - probably, as the saying goes, with great justice. Portland soccer is back on the map...wearing Adidas shirts. That's like, I dunno, thousands of people knocking back Diet Pepsi in downtown Atlanta.
But a couple of Du Nord links raised my hackles and my cockles.

An article by Paul Boyham.

You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his blog.

Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.

TweetAn article by Paul Boyham.

You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his blog.

Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.

TweetAn article by Paul Boyham.

You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his blog.

Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.

Well Manchester United have shown their ambition. They have proved to the world that under the control of the Glazers only the best will play for United.Michael Carrick, that midfield player of great renown has signed an extention to his contract until 2014.As Victor Meldrew would say 'I don't believe it'So we can forget Messi, we can stop the dreaming, it is free transfers, basement bargains

Goodbye Walter, Hello Ally... is a post from: Just Football

Rangers are still alive in Europe, but change is a'coming. William Heaney reports:

No matter how the SPL title race turns out, this season will be Walter Smith's last in charge of Rangers.

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