Toby Alderweireld signs for Tottenham for £11.5m on five-year deal

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Tottenham announced signing of Toby Alderweireld on Wednesday
The defender spent last season on loan at Southampton from Atletico
Southampton believe that Atletico were too late to cancel £6.8m clause

By Joe Ridge for MailOnline and Simon Jones for MailOnline

Published: 04:11 EST, 8 July 2015 | Updated: 07:38 EST, 9 July 2015

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Toby Alderweireld has completed his controversial switch to Tottenham with the defender joining from Atletico Madrid on a five-year deal for a fee of £11.5million.

Spurs announced the deal on their Twitter account on Wednesday morning despite Southampton's attempts to lodge a complaint with FIFA over Atletico's handling of the deal.

The 26-year-old was on loan at St Mary's last season with an option to make the deal permanent for £6.8m.

Toby Alderweireld poses in the new Tottenham shirt after signing for the club on Wednesday morning

Alderweireld spent last season on loan at Southampton, who were also hoping to sign the player

Atletico could have paid £1.5m to buy back that clause and instead sell Alderweireld to the highest bidder but Southampton say the timeframe for the Spaniards to take that option had lapsed.

Alderweireld's signing follows that of Austrian defender Kevin Wimmer and he becomes the fourth Belgian in Tottenham's first-team squad along with Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembele and Nacer Chadli.

Very excited to join @SpursOfficial. Looking fwd to this but also looking back @ a great @SouthamptonFC season. Great club & fans! Thanks!
— Alderweireld Toby (@AlderweireldTob) July 8, 2015