It doesn't happen! Or certainly hasn't happened in a generation.
We plundered Mackemland for Paul Bracewell, and dumped the 'not so good' and 'aged' on their doorstep ... but for them to out-bid us on a level playing field is at least - VERY worrying.
Chimbonda, who appeared 97 times for Spurs in two seasons, has undergone a medical at the Academy of light, in Whitburn, and will pen a three-year deal to join his Spurs team-mate at the Stadium of light later today.