THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTSMOUTH, England — Portsmouth completed the signing of Younes Kaboul from Tottenham on Monday after the defender passed a medical.
Portsmouth did not announce a transfer fee for the 22-year-old French defender, who was subject to a bid by Sunderland and rumoured interest from Aston Villa.
British papers reported that he would cost about 6 million pounds (US$11.5 million).
Kaboul was a peripheral figure in his debut season at Tottenham, scoring four goals in 29 appearances but looking shaky in defence after Tottenham paid Auxerre about 8 million pounds for him.
The inexperienced Kaboul — who was largely sidelined last season when Ledley King, Jonathan Woodgate and Michael Dawson were fit — will compete with former England international Sol Campbell and Sylvain Distin for a place in central defence.