Deadline day transfers summary in the EPL so far...
In: Bolton (Rasiak), Derby (Carroll, Stubbs), Everton (Gardner), Fulham (Kallio, Litmanen, Stalteri), Man City (Mancini, Caicedo), Middlesbrough (Alves), Portsmouth (Defoe), Sunderland (Reid), Wigan (Hagen), Tottenham (Gilberto)

Out: Arsenal (Gibbs, Randall), Bolton (Wilhelmsson, Michalik), Chelsea (Grant), Derby (Bywater, Nyatanga), Everton (Stubbs, Anderson de Silva), Fulham (Cook, Davis), Man City (Dabo, Miller), Middlesbrough (M Bates), Newcastle (Rozenhal), Reading (Henry, Pearce, Cox), Sunderland (Halford, Kavanagh), Tottenham (Stalteri, Gardner, Defoe)

It was thought that Defoe's signing hinged on Mwaruwari completing his move to Manchester City and Benjani merely needed to complete formalities with City to vacate a regular position upfront at Pompey.

Within minutes, however, it transpired Benjani and City had not managed to beat the midnight deadline before the end of the January transfer window - leaving Redknapp with an extra striker, for whom he had apparently not bargained.

Meanwhile 25-year-old Defoe passed a medical at Fratton Park last night, before agreeing what Pompey have termed a 'long-term' deal.

Defoe is reunited with manager Harry Redknapp, who was previously his boss at West Ham.

Defoe is eligible to make his debut against Chelsea on Saturday.


"I can't wait to get my boots on and get out there. I'm happy," Defoe said.

"I'm looking forward to playing football and scoring some goals. I want to score as many goals for Portsmouth as possible."

Defoe has only started three Barclays Premier League games this season and has accepted Redknapp's offer of leading the attack at Fratton Park after finding himself omitted from Fabio Capello's England squad yesterday.

"When you are not playing football you can't expect to get in the England squad," said Defoe.

"I totally understand. I just want to play football and score some goals.

"I want to score as many goals as possible this season and do well for Portsmouth."

Redknapp added on Sky Sports News: "He will be a great signing for us. He wants to play and he needs to play."

Defoe is set to get the chance to prove himself on a regular basis.

Former Spurs boss Martin Jol argued that Defoe was statistically given the same opportunities as his other strikers, although he preferred Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov for important matches.

While his future as a regular looked uncertain, a contract extension beyond 2009 remained unsigned and alerted Premier League teams about his possible availability.

"He's too good not to play," added Redknapp.

"He's a fantastic goalscorer, a top player. It will be great to have him here.

"A couple of his mates are here - he's close to Glen Johnson and David James.

"We just keep moving forward as a football club, bringing in better players and moving forward."

Despite his limited opportunities under Jol and new head coach Juande Ramos, Defoe has eight goals this season, including three in as many matches during the Christmas period.

* 11.35.am Nineteen-year-old Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo has joined Manchester City for a fee of about £5m.

11.30.am SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY have completed a deal to re-sign Sunderland midfielder Graham Kavanagh on loan for the rest of the season

11.25am STOKE CITY have swooped in a massive last-gasp fashion to sign Sheffield Wednesday's talented young midfielder Glenn Whelan for £500,000.

Rudi Skacel has joined HERTHA BERLIN on loan until the end of the season from Southampton.

10.40am George Elokobi signs for WOLVES from Colchester for an undisclosed fee.

10.25am BORO finally get their man as they complete the signing of Heerenveen's Brazilian striker Afonso Alves for a reported transfer record of £12m.

10.15am WEST BROM have struck a deal to sign Livingston forward Graham Dorrans at the end of the season. There's a ludicrous rumour going round that Harry Kewell is about to sign for HULL CITY...

10.02am Filippo Mancini, 17, son of Inter coach Roberto, has completed his loan move to MANCHESTER CITY.

10.00am KRYLYA SOVETOV have signed midfielder Jiri Jarosik from Celtic.

BARNSLEY manager Simon Davey has completed a triple transfer coup after signing Tony Warner from Fulham, Lewin Nyatanga from Derby and Anderson de Silva from Everton.

Goalkeeper Nick Colgan, meanwhile, has left Barnsley to join IPSWICH on a short-term deal until the end of the season after terminating his contract at Oakwell.

9.51am ABERDEEN have signed defender Alan Maybury on loan from Leicester until the end of the season.

9.39am Defender Anthony Gardner has joined EVERTON on loan from Tottenham, the London club have confirmed.

HAMBURG have signed young midfielder Mamadi Keita from Blackburn.

FULHAM have signed Tottenham full-back Paul Stalteri on loan for the rest of the season.

PARIS ST GERMAIN have beaten the transfer deadline to secure the signings of Brazilian duo Everton and Souza.

9.27am Tottenham midfielder Wayne Routledge will be looking to rebuild his career after completing a £1.5million move to ASTON VILLA.

SUNDERLAND have signed Charlton's Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid in a deal which could cost up to £4million.

The transfer of Gilberto to TOTTENHAM from Hertha Berlin has now gone ahead after apparently having collapsed.

LIVERPOOL have moved to deny reports that they have clinched a permanent deal for midfielder Javier Mascherano.

Goalkeeper Roy Carroll has signed for DERBY from Rangers until the end of the season, the club have confirmed.

BORO are closing in on the signing of Heerenveen's Brazilian striker Afonso Alves.

BOLTON have signed Poland striker Grzegorz Rasiak on loan from Southampton until the end of the season.

DERBY boss Paul Jewell has revealed Newcastle are not prepared to increase their bid for Giles Barnes.

MANCHESTER CITY are on the brink of landing strikers Benjani Mwaruwari and Felipe Caicedo.

FULHAM have announced the signing of Finland striker Jari Litmanen until the end of the season.

Newcastle look set to hold on to midfielder Charles N'Zogbia, despite his agent reportedly claiming they were in talks with TOTTENHAM over a possible move.

ASTON VILLA's hopes of signing goalkeeper Brad Guzan from Chivas USA have been dashed.

Zenit St Petersburg defender Erik Hagen has joined English Premier League side WIGAN on loan for the rest of the season.

Birmingham defender Franck Queudrue admits he would love a deadline-day move to RANGERS.

Barry Robson has completed his dream move from Dundee United to CELTIC. Robson becomes Celtic's third signing of the week, following the deals bringing Japanese midfielder Koki Mizuno to Glasgow from JEF United and Greek striker Georgios Samaras on loan from Manchester City.

Celtic's Jim O'Brien moves in the opposite direction, joining DUNDEE UNITED on loan until the end of the season.

RANGERS have signed Fulham midfielder Steve Davis on loan until the end of the season.

MOTHERWELL have signed Simon Lappin on loan from Norwich until the end of the season.

Newcastle defender David Rozehnal has joined LAZIO on loan until the end of the season.

BRESCIA have signed up Rangers target Andrea Caracciolo.

REAL MURCIA have a made a deadline day swoop for Morocco international Abderrahman Kabous from Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.

Japan international midfielder Shinji Ono completed his move from Asian champions Urawa Reds to German Bundesliga side BOCHUM.

WERDER BREMEN have completed the signing of Germany youth international Mesut Ozil from Bundesliga rivals Schalke.

DUISBURG have confirmed the signing of Argentinian defender Fernando Horacio Avalos from Portuguese club Funchal until 2009.

VILLAREAL have boosted their ranks with the loan signing of Uruguayan international Sebastian Eguren.

RACING SANTANDER have made their third signing of the transfer window after bringing in Sergio Daniel Orteman on loan until the end of the season.

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA have completed the loan signing of Sweden international Christian Wilhelmsson from Nantes after his loan spell at Bolton.

Lens have sold striker Luigi Pieroni to Belgian side ANDERLECHT for an undisclosed fee and loaned Winger Loic Remy from Lyon, with the option of signing the player on a permanent basis if they stump up more than 10million euros.

Centre-back Sandy Paillot, who has appeared just twice for Lyon this season, drops a division and will be at GRENOBLE for the rest of the campaign.

AUXERRE have bolstered their squad with the double signing of Julien Quercia from Sochaux and Vlad Munteanu from Wolfsburg.

FC GRONINGEN have signed striker Berry Powel from Eredivise rivals De Graafschap, subject to a medical.

Chilean giants COLO COLO have broken the Chilean transfer record for a foreign player to sign midfielder Macnelly Torres.

Manchester United striker Manucho is set to move to Greek side PANATHINAIKOS on loan.

CHARLTON have signed Sunderland defender Greg Halford on loan until the end of the season.

OLDHAM have accused Liverpool striker Besian Idrizaj of going back on his word after he decided against joining the League One outfit on loan.

WEST BROM have completed the permanent signing of Ishmael Miller from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee. They also signed Viktoria Plzen goalkeeper Michal Danek on loan for the remainder of the season.

WYCOMBE have signed Neil Lennon from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season.

IPSWICH have signed Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent move.

SCUNTHORPE have completed the loan signing of SHEFFIELD UNITED striker Geoff Horsfield until the end of the season, but Cleveland Taylor has left Glanford Park after joining Carlisle for an initial fee of £50,000.

CHELTENHAM have had a busy day after they extended loan deals for BLACKPOOL winger Michael D'Agostino and BRISTOL CITY midfielder Alex Russell until the end of the season.

Robins defender Lee Ridley is to stay at LINCOLN for the remainder of the campaign while WALSALL have drafted in City winger Kevin Betsy until the end of the season.

Simon Cox has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal to join SWINDON from Reading.

BRENTFORD have signed striker Nathan Elder from BRIGHTON for £35,000 and LUTON have allowed midfielder Rob Sinclair to join Salisbury on a two-month loan deal.

New LEEDS boss Gary McAllister has completed the permanent signing of LEICESTER defender Darren Kenton. The club have also paid an undisclosed fee to land Bolton defender Lubomir Michalik on a permanent basis.

Coventry have rejected a fresh approach from NOTTINGHAM FOREST for want-away forward Leon Best.

NORWICH have signed Middlesbrough defender Matthew Bates on loan until April 28.