The recruitment policy to acquire outstanding young talent is being followed closely by Martin Jol and his team. So far this summer Spurs have made Adel Taarabt (18) a permanent signing after his successful loan spell. They have also brought in youngsters Danny Rose (17), Younes Kaboul (21), Darren Bent (23) and Gareth Bale (18) in the current transfer window.

Boateng leaves Hertha Berlin to join the youth revolution at White Hart Lane having turned down UEFA Cup holders Sevilla to join the Londoners. At his unveiling he told the press the he “watched the Premier League regularly in Germany, it’s the most famous league in the world”

Martin Jol beamed at the press conference about his latest signing “He is regarded as one of the biggest talents, we recognised this and went in for him”

After a few weeks of tracking Tottenham Hotspur’s Egyptian duo Birmingham city manager Steve Bruce has signed Hossam Ghaly. The deal for his fellow countryman Mido looks as though it may fall through as they parties can not agree personal terms. Ghaly has agreed and will join the Blues subject to receiving a work permit.

The 25 year-old will be glad to have a new home after his very public outburst in the penultimate game of last season at home to Blackburn. Ghaly threw his shirt to the ground in front of Martin Jol in a packed White Hart Lane, having been substituted just half an hour after being brought on from the bench.

The Egyptian international’s first game for his new club will be against Chelsea on the 12th of August. Ghaly has a good record against the London Blues he scored against them at Stamford Bridge in the 3-3 draw in the FA Cup quarter final.

The mass exodus of the ‘Big Names’ from the Emirates Stadium continues just weeks after the departure of Thierry Henry, Freddie Ljungberg has left to join West Ham for a nominal fee that could rise to around £3million, the same fee that Arsenal paid for him seven years ago when they bought him from Halmstads.

The 30 year-old Swede said his decision was made easy after Thierry henry left for Barca. Ljungberg also said that the ambition of the Irons board was greater than the board at the Emirates Stadium.

Ljungberg has not been in the best form, of late he has been injured more often than he has been fit. A player of his stature will bring something to the restructured squad and as a rotational player he could be kept fit enough to contribute enough to help guide the side to success. Being an international captain and a regular in the champions league should demonstrate he has the composure and talent that the claret and blue lacked at times last season.

Chairman of the board at Arsenal Peter Hill-Wood has told the club website that he has entered in to talks with Arsene Wenger about extending his contract beyond the twelve months he has left on his existing deal.

The Frenchman was linked with the Real Madrid position following the dismissal of Fabio Capello. The uncertainty surrounding his future has created instability in the dressing room at the Emirates Stadium. Players are considering their own futures as they watch their leader planning a future that may lie elsewhere. They have already watched the club captain Thierry Henry leave for Barcelona in a cut price deal, Henry being the latest in a procession of big names that have left the club in the last few seasons.

Arsenal have experienced difficulty in attracting new talent to the club, they have already been snubbed by Ryan Babel and William Gallas has voiced his concerns about the clubs inability to attract stars. Big players with reputations to protect would be best advised to steer clear of a club that will be changing the management in twelve months for fear that the new manager may not want to keep them around as he attempts to make his mark on his new squad and bring in his own playing staff.

Hill-Wood told Arsenal.com “I’m confident he’ll stay” he also said “Hopefully, in the not too distant future we’ll have something positive to say about it”. Cynics will say that this announcement will give the impression that all is well at Ashburton Grove, Arsenal will hope that it sends the right signals out to potential signings. So far they have only signed relative unknowns Fabianski, da Silva and Sagna, although die hard Gunners will jump to the clubs defence to remind us that nobody had really heard of Henry or Vieira before they were unveiled by Arsene Wenger.

With more departures on the card with speculation in the press over Ljungberg and Fabregas and Wenger hinting that Reyes will be playing elsewhere next season. It would seem that Arsenal would have it all still to do if they are to compete next season with more than just kids, especially when you consider the rest of the big four have brought in a galaxy of stars and the pretenders to the coveted fourth Champions League spot are also bolstering their squads in a bid to exploit the Gunners weakness. North London rivals Spurs have brought in Bent, Bale, Kaboul and Taarabt, while Pompey have recruited Nugent, Muntari, Distin and Hreidarsson and Newcastle have brought in Geremi, Rozehnal, Barton and Viduka.

Chelsea will start the season without left-back Wayne Bridge after he went under the knife while on tour in the United States. The operation was performed to remove bone that was aggravating Bridge.

Bridge is not the only left-back on the Stamford Bridge treatment table, his England team-mate Ashley Cole is also on the road to recovery. Leaving Jose Mourinho with just new recruit Tal Ben Haim who recently joined the blues on a free transfer from Bolton Wanderers.

The City of London asked local forces around the country to execute raids on Portsmouth, Newcastle and Glasgow Rangers as part of their investigation in to corruption in the game. The Police have indicated that this investigation is separate from the on-going Steven’s report that had unearthed dodgy dealings in transfers.

Newcastle were quick to release a statement indicating that they were assisting the investigation, but that the club was not the subject of the investigation and that they may have been a victim of criminal activity. However both Pompey and the Gers only released statements indicating their co-operation with the investigation with no further comment.

There will no doubt be immense speculation in the coming days about a variety of transactions involving the clubs and the different staff at those times, or perhaps the culprit is an agent that has sold players to the clubs being investigated, but until the police decide to let the fans know what is happening we will remain in the dark.

Derby County midfield sensation is still recovering from the foot injury that he sustained in the Play-off final in May. The Rams had hoped that he would have been fit and able to play a part in the pre-season build up to the premiership campaign.

With just four weeks left until the Sunderland and Spurs kick off the 2007-08 Premier League season. Barnes has been ordered to rest for three weeks before the injury is reassessed and his rehabilitation programme adapted to get him fit to help the Rams fight for premiership survival.

Okay it might just be another in a long line of rumours but now Freddy Adu - the 18 year old American wonderkid is being linked with a move to Celtic. Seemingly a meeting is lined up for next week in Denver when Celtic fly out for their game against the MLS All Stars.

Again a stumbling block is the idiotic way the MLS controls the player contracts rather than the individual clubs - hence the reason why Celtic have failed at times to sign Shalrie Joseph from New England Revolution. But they are likely to renew their interest later.

If Celtic put an offer in for Adu then they may face competition from clubs all across Europe, with Manchester United and Chelsea as the main threats - both clubs have watched the youngster several times over the past few years with Manchester United taking him on trial last year. However Celtic could give him the platform to sell himself to the richer clubs in Europe after a few years by gaining experience in the SPL and European Football with the Hoops.

Welsh captain Craig Bellamy has joined East London club West Ham United as they prepare for life after Tevez. With the Argentinean poised to move to the North-West Hammers manager Alan Curbishley is trying to build a squad that he hopes will not struggle as much to remain in the Premiership.

West Ham United are Craig Bellamy’s fifth club in three-years and he has signed a five year deal and he has pledged his long term future to the Irons.

Bellamy has cited his lack of opportunity at the club he supported as a boy as his reason for moving on to West Ham where he believes he can play every week. The arrival or Fernando Torres on Merseyside would have further restricted Bellamy’s opportunities at Anfield. However he needs to remember that West Ham are not short of a striking talent either. West Ham fans will breathe a sigh of relief now that they have landed a seasoned premiership player who is an international captain with Champions League experience for a fraction of the price that they were prepared to spend on a comparatively inexperienced Darren Bent.

Jose Mourinho has finally spent some money in the summer transfer window. He has splashed out £13.5 million on Lyon winger Florent Malouda.

Malouda will fly out America to join his new team-mates on their pre season tour, where they will play against David Beckham’s new club LA Galaxy.

The French international will feel at home in the Chelsea dressing room as he has played alongside Didier Drogba and Michael Essien in the past. His arrival will make a couple of Chelsea’s other stars feel a little uncomfortable as they move closer to the door, both Arjen Robben and Shaun Wright-Phillips have been linked with moves away from Stamford Bridge.