Spurs sign South Africa defender Bongani Khumalo

Spurs sign South Africa defender Bongani Khumalo

Published Jan. 7, 2011 3:20 p.m. ET

Tottenham has completed the signing of South Africa defender Bongani Khumalo from SuperSport United.

Spurs announced in October that they planned to sign the 23-year-old central defender after he played in all three of South Africa's matches at this year's World Cup and impressed in a trial with the English Premier League club.

Tottenham will reportedly pay a transfer fee of 1.5 million pounds ($2.4 million).

Khumalo could make his debut in Sunday's FA Cup match against Charlton and says he is ''looking to learn as fast as I can and do all I can to contribute to this wonderful team.''

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Tottenham is fourth in the Premier League and has qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

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