Keane, following Jermain Defoe and Pascal Chimbonda as players rejoining Spurs, left for Anfield in the summer but has paid the price for failing to fit into the plans of boss Rafael Benitez.

The 28-year-old striker travelled to London today to agree personal terms and complete a medical.

"It was a difficult decision to make to leave Tottenham in the summer," Keane said. "It proved not to be the right move for me."

Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal could not confirm the signing of Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg tonight but a deal is expected to be completed in the morning.

The Russia playmaker made a last-ditch trip to England this morning and although the transfer looked to have fallen through at one stage, the situation was reportedly resurrected just before the 5pm deadline.

Chelsea swooped in just before the deadline to sign Portugal winger Ricardo Quaresma from Inter Milan for the rest of the season.

Quaresma, nicknamed 'Mustang' for his speed and power, will be the sixth Portuguese player in Luiz Felipe Scolari's first-team squad.

Also leaving Inter was France midfielder Olivier Dacourt who has joined Fulham until the end of the season.

Everton sealed the loan signing of Brazilian striker Jo from Manchester City for the rest of the campaign.

Charles N'Zogbia's colourful Newcastle career finally came to an end after his swap deal with Wigan's Ryan Taylor was completed this afternoon.

The 22-year-old Frenchman and his English counterpart, 24, have switched clubs, with the Magpies in addition receiving an undisclosed cash sum, understood to be in excess of £6million.

West Brom have signed defensive midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu on loan from Paris St Germain until the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal, and also snapped up Juan Carlos Menseguez from Argentinian giants San Lorenzo.

Zenit have done some business today, finalising a deal to bring in Hungary midfielder Szabolcs Huszti from Hannover for a fee of around £2.6million - three years after the player joined the German club from Metz for approximately £260,000.

Hannover moved quickly to replace Huszti, signing Jacek Krzynowek from Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg.

The Poland international had fallen out of favour under Wolves manager Felix Magath, making only four substitute appearances this season, but will now look to resurrect his career after signing an 18-month contract with the Reds.

The 32-year-old is the second player Wolfsburg have allowed to leave today following the departure of Mahir Saglik to Karlsruhe on loan until the end of the season.

Bundesliga high-flyers Hamburg have snapped up five new players today in an attempt to strengthen their push for the title.

Martin Jol's side have acquired Mickael Tavares from Slavia Prague on a three-and-a-half-year contract as well as Khalid Sinouh, Michael Gravgaard, Tomas Rincon and Albert Streit on loan.

Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, have replaced one Greek striker with another after completing the signing of Angelos Charisteas from Nurnberg on loan until the end of the campaign.

Leverkusen allowed Theofanis Gekas to join Portsmouth on loan earlier today and wasted no time in finding cover for him in Charisteas, who passed a medical this morning.

Pompey pulled out of a deal to sign Spurs youngster Giovani dos Santos, although they did sign Greece veteran Angelos Basinas from AEK Athens on a contract until the end of next season.

In Italy, Roma have signed defender Marco Motta on loan from Udinese.

The 22-year-old right-back has joined the capital giants on a six-month loan deal, with the club having an option to buy him in the summer for seven million euros (£6.3million).

Both Motta and Christian Panucci have been included in Roma's updated Champions League list.

"Christian will remain at Roma and will respect his contract," said Panucci's agent Oscar Damiani after reported interest in his client from English clubs Hull and Manchester City.

Dutch club NEC Nijmegen have reached an agreement with FC Twente to take defender Ramon Zomer on a permanent contract following his loan spell. The club and player were due to hold contract talks today.

NEC have also signed striker John Goossens from Ajax on a three-and-a-half-year contract.