Spurs launch £7m raid for Ajax keeper

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Tottenham are expected to make a £7 million move this week for Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, which would mark the end of Paul Robinson's career at the club.

Sources at Spurs confirm that Robinson's first-team career at the club is over and it is anticipated that a definitive move for Stekelenburg will be made this week, although Ajax are reluctant to lose their keeper mid-season.

Spurs are also continuing to monitor Espanyol defender Jarque, though the player's agent, Javier Pons-Diaz, says the centre-half is unlikely to move this month.

Espanyol are pushing for a Champions League place for the first time and want Jarque to stay until the end of the season.

But his buy-out clause of just £8m means that he will almost inevitably move in the summer and Ramos is desperate to shore up his defence with the player rated to be the most in-form centre-half in Spain.

Stekelenburg, 25,who should take over the Holland spot when Van der Sar retires after Euro 2008, said: 'I've always said that if I would leave one day, that it would be for England. I knew I would make the step to the Premier League one day. The question is when the actual moment comes.'