According to Tottenham’s official website, Tottenham have completed the signing of Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul.

According to Portsmouth’s official website, Portsmouth have signed Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara on loan for the rest of the season.

According to Neil Allen at The News, Tottenham are in talks with Portsmouth for goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.

However it is reported that Begovic would not be able to play with Tottenham this season unless FIFA gives the club special permission. The reason for this is because Begovic has already played for two clubs this season.

UPDATE: According to Luke Edwards at The Journal, Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is confident the club will sign Williamson. He said,

“In all honesty I’ve kept out of the politics of why it didn’t happen last week … I’m under the impression they’re working very hard on it and we’re confident it’s going to happen. I just want the player here. I hope we’re close to resolving it. We were disappointed it didn’t go through a couple of days ago and we’re hopeful something will happen very soon.”

January 23rd, 2010 According to Mark Douglas at The Journal, the deal has been put on hold. It is reported that if Portsmouth sell him, the club will have to pay Watford (who sold Williamson to Portsmouth) £1.5million in back payments and sell-on fees.

The deal was only for £1million so they would lose money on the selling of Williamson.

January 22nd, 2010 According to Mark Douglas at The Journal, Newcastle have agreed to pay £1million for Portsmouth defender Mike Williamson. The two parties were negotiating personal terms last night.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, the embargo has been lifted. Peter Storrie said,

“We are absolutely delighted that th embargo has been lifted, as we have been working very hard for the past few days with the Premier League to achieve this.

“I can confirm we are looking at an Egyptian striker Avram has targeted, but we have to examine the work permit situation. We are also now hopeful we can have Jamie O’Hara back on loan from Spurs.”

January 24th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Portsmouth director Peter Storrie expects the transfer embargo to be lifted on Monday. Storrie said,

“I see no reason now why the Premier League shouldn’t lift the embargo now. All the necessary documents have gone over to the Premier League over the weekend regarding the rescheduling of transfer monies owed to Udinese, so I see no reason why they should lift our embargo. We don”t own any UK clubs money, and all the foreign clubs have agreed payment schedules.”

According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth are prepared to cash in on Younes Kaboul and Nadir Belhadj this week.

Kaboul has been linked with Tottenham and Manchester City and is valued at around £11million. Belhadj has drawn interest from Wigan, Birmingham, and Sporting Lisbon and is valued at around £3.5million.

UPDATE: According to John Cross at MirrorFootball, Wolfsburg are interested in Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos.

January 19th, 2010 According to Sky Sports News, Philippe Senderos would be interested in a move to Celtic. Senderos said,

“I am very honoured that a big club like Celtic are interested in me and a loan deal right now would suit me perfectly … My main priority is to get back playing regular football. I really miss that … The World Cup this summer is a really big thing for me. I know that if I’m not playing regularly my chances of playing in South Africa will be badly affected.”

“It would be my second World Cup and I want to get the best possible build-up to it … Unfortunately, I haven’t played a lot of football recently and that’s why I feel I have to leave Arsenal … Hopefully something will be in place over the next few days but I’ll wait and see.”

January 18th, 2010 According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos is set to join Celtic on loan for the rest of the season. It is reported that the move could even be completed today.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Portsmouth and Stoke City are once again discussing a loan deal involving David James. A Pompey insider said,

“Talks have resumed with Stoke over James, so who knows what might happen there?”

January 15th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City are set to back out of the deal for Portsmouth goalkeeper David James as they do not want to pay his wages, which is reported to be £40,000-a-week.

January 15th, 2010 According to Neil Allen at The News, Stoke City are expected to sign Portsmouth goalkeeper David James on loan today. Stoke will reportedly pay a £500,000 loan fee and pay James’ wages which are around £65,000-a-week.

January 14th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is in talks with Portsmouth over signing goalkeeper David James on loan. Sources close to James said,

“It looks like the loan to Stoke will be tied up today. It’s just a question of the two clubs sorting it out, but it will only be a loan, simply a six-month loan, until the end of the season, at which point David will be free to explore all his options.”

Tony Pulis also said,

“We’ll have to see if the two clubs can come to a deal and we’re hoping it will be tied up for the weekend, but it will have to be right for us. If we can get him we’ll be absolutely delighted because if there’s a weakness (in the squad) it’s been between the sticks in respect of having competition and back-up.”

According to ESPN Soccernet, Tottenham are the favorites to land Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul. A Popmpey insider said,

“Yes, we are working on a deal with Spurs, but yes it is pretty complex. Spurs look favourite to sign Kaboul but five clubs have shown interest, three from the Premier League, Spurs, Manchester City and Sunderland.”

Tottenham would most likely receive £2million off the signing of Kaboul as Portsmouth still owes Tottenham £2million from when they bought Kaboul.

According to Chris Galea at Sky Sports News, Portsmouth striker Danny Webber is happy at the club and has not thought about leaving on loan. Webber said,

“I’ve never really thought about moving away, but I am really enjoying my time here and it is just a case of getting minutes on the board now … I’m happy at Portsmouth with the challenge in front of me, so I don’t think that a loan would help a great deal.”

According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth want to have a meeting with the Premier League to discuss lifting the transfer embargo. If the league does not agree to the meeting, then the club is prepared to “exercise the right to arbitration,” where another party will make a decision.

According to the Daily Mail, Birmingham are interested in Portsmouth winger Nadir Belhadj and are looking to sign him for around £3million.

It is also reported that Portsmouth are trying to sign Spartak Moscow footballer Quincy Owusu-Abeyie as a replacement.

According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, Tottenham are interested in signing Portsmouth goalkeeper David James, who seemed all set to join Stoke City last week before the deal fell through.

It is reported that Tottenham are willing to pay James’ wages but the possible deal-breaker could be if Portsmouth demands a loan fee as well.

According to the Daily Mail, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce is interested in signing Portsmouth midfielder Papa Bouba Diop and could make a £2millon bid for him.

UPDATE: According to Neil Allen at The News, Stoke City are expected to sign Portsmouth goalkeeper David James on loan today. Stoke will reportedly pay a £500,000 loan fee and pay James’ wages which are around £65,000-a-week.

January 14th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is in talks with Portsmouth over signing goalkeeper David James on loan. Sources close to James said,

“It looks like the loan to Stoke will be tied up today. It’s just a question of the two clubs sorting it out, but it will only be a loan, simply a six-month loan, until the end of the season, at which point David will be free to explore all his options.”

Tony Pulis also said,

“We’ll have to see if the two clubs can come to a deal and we’re hoping it will be tied up for the weekend, but it will have to be right for us. If we can get him we’ll be absolutely delighted because if there’s a weakness (in the squad) it’s been between the sticks in respect of having competition and back-up.”

According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is in talks with Portsmouth over signing goalkeeper David James on loan. Sources close to James said,

“It looks like the loan to Stoke will be tied up today. It’s just a question of the two clubs sorting it out, but it will only be a loan, simply a six-month loan, until the end of the season, at which point David will be free to explore all his options.”

Tony Pulis also said,

“We’ll have to see if the two clubs can come to a deal and we’re hoping it will be tied up for the weekend, but it will have to be right for us. If we can get him we’ll be absolutely delighted because if there’s a weakness (in the squad) it’s been between the sticks in respect of having competition and back-up.”

According to Burnley’s official website, Burnley boss Brian Laws wants to keep Portsmouth striker David Nugent, whose loan ends January 22nd. Laws said,

“Davis is a quality player, and when you look for a striker who has a goalscoring record in the Premier League, and they’re available, they’re hard to come by.

“When you’ve found one, keep him, and it’s important we do, so we’ll certainly be working very hard with Portsmouth and David and hopefully talk him into staying.”

According to Jordan Cross at The News, Portsmouth striker John Utaka is happy at the club and wants to stay but it unsure of his future there. Utaka said,

“To be honest I don’t know anything (about his future) … I keep going and I will see how it goes … I’ll keep working hard and working hard for Pompey. That’s why I am here.”

“Then we will see what goes on … I don’t believe in speculation. It doesn’t matter … I’m a footballer. I have to do what I have come here to do.”

“Football is a difficult game, but you always keep going … It’s what I love to do. I keep going no matter what … I need to be playing, but we will see how it goes … I’m happy. I’m very, very happy to be honest. But we will see what happens.”

According to Alan Dawson & Mohammed Awaad at Goal.com UK, Portsmouth are pursuing Al-Ahly striker Emad Meteb. Meteb’s agent Nader Shawqi said,

“There is negotiation between us and Portsmouth, I am sure that his goal against Nigeria will get us more interest but for now the most serious offer is from Portsmouth.”

According to ESPN Soccernet, the Premier League will meet on Wednesday to discuss whether the transfer embargo should be lifted for Portsmouth. They will also decide whether the £7.5million TV purse of Portsmouth should be delegated to three teams that the club owes.