Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier has joined Bayern Munich on loan to the end of the season, both clubs have confirmed.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed by either club but it is reported that Bayern paid Spurs €3.5million for the 29-year-old England international.
Spurs have been willing to listen to offers for Dier since the summer and the defender has started only once under boss Ange Postecoglou this season.
Dier, who only had six months left on his current deal, will now leave England and embark on a new challenge alongside former team-mate Harry Kane at Munich.
Postecoglou made clear at the beginning of the campaign that Dier could leave Tottenham, but he remained following the summer transfer window and eventually made his first appearance in the 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in November.
He was handed a start in Spurs' next fixture at Wolves, but has only made two substitute outings since and was absent from Friday's 1-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup.
Postecoglou insisted it was down to a minor injury, but Bayern had already registered an interest in Dier by that point and they have now reached an agreement with Tottenham over his signing.
Dier will leave Spurs just short of a decade's service in N17.
It continues a busy week for Tottenham with Timo Werner joining on loan on Tuesday and Genoa centre-back Radu Dragusin signing on Thursday with Djed Spence heading in the other direction.
Romania international Dragusin has put pen to paper on a five-and-a-half-year deal.
A centre-back was always Ange Postecoglou's number-one priority this month and Tottenham have secured the services of Dragusin in a deal that could rise to £25million (€29.1m), the PA news agency understands.
The 21-year-old has signed in time so that he could make his debut at Manchester United on Sunday and marks another shift in tactic by the club from their previously adopted transfer strategy.
Spurs have notoriously waited until the end of January to complete their winter business, signing both Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur on the final day of the window in 2022 and securing the services of Pedro Porro with minutes to spare last year.
Postecoglou publicly made clear his desire to sign another centre-back and to crucially bring in recruits early to enable them to get up to speed with his style of football as quickly as possible.
The Australian has got his wish, with Dragusin fitting the profile of player Tottenham are tracking under his stewardship.
Dragusin progressed through Juventus' academy and made his debut as a substitute in December 2020, coming on against Dynamo Kyiv before being introduced for his Serie A bow in the same month away to Genoa with future team-mates Kulusevski and Bentancur on the pitch at the same time.
Women's Super League outfit Arsenal have added to their defensive ranks with the signing of USA international Emily Fox.
The 25-year-old right-back, holder of 39 caps, joins the Gunners after a spell with North Carolina Courage, having previously been with Racing Louisville.
Fox made her senior international debut in 2018 and was subsequently part of the US squad that won the 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship in Mexico before playing at last summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Chelsea have recalled David Fofana from his loan at Union Berlin.
The 21-year-old striker featured 17 times for the Bundesliga side including four matches in the club's debut Champions League campaign, scoring twice in total.
Having arrived at Stamford Bridge for £10.9 million (€12.7m) from Norwegian outfit Molde in January 2023, he made three Premier League appearances under former boss Graham Potter last season before agreeing what was due to be a 12-month switch to Germany.
He returns early to west London with the club currently lacking in attacking options, with Nicolas Jackson away representing Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations and Christopher Nkunku having missed the last two games with a hip injury.
Armando Broja has been the only recognised striker available to manager Mauricio Pochettino in recent weeks but has scored just twice this season since recovering from an ACL injury.
