Tottenham to complete £17m Bentley switch today - and hand Gunners' boss Wenger a pre-season cash bonus

White Hart Lane man: Bentley

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and Rovers chief John Williams will meet to thrash out figures for the exchange deal that will see Bentley get his wish to leave Ewood Park and Rovers a replacement for Brad Friedel.

The merry-go-round sparked into life yesterday as Aston Villa closed in on £2.5m- rated Blackburn No.1 Friedel .

And with Spurs set to sell striker Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United for £25m, the White Hart Lane club will have the cash to fund the Bentley deal.

Reports in the Mirror suggest Robinson will take over from Blackburn's long-serving Friedel, who has been tempted to leave by a lucrative three-year contract at Villa.

Tottenham want £5m for Robinson but Rovers hope to push them down to around £4m - and if they succeed then the deal will go ahead.

Robinson has turned down other approaches in the last 48 hours as he knows of Blackburn's interest - and is keen to go to Ewood Park to kick-start his career.

Ready to go: Paul Robinson

Spurs have been trying to land Bentley for weeks but Rovers are holding out for £17m a fee that includes a sell-on clause which will see a chunk of the profit go to Arsenal.

Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger allowed Bentley to leave in 2006 having loaned him out to Norwich for a season.

Bentley made just one appearance for Arsenal in six years with the club and the 23-year-old is keen to go to Tottenham - and may even do so for less money he would have got by staying at Ewood Park.

Rovers do not want to lose Bentley so quickly after appointing Paul Ince as manager, but the potential cash windfall will help him rebuild quickly.

Bentley and Robinson should be cleared to speak to their prospective employers once Levy and Williams sort out their terms.

Blackburn are due to fly to Germany on Wednesday but Bentley should be gone by then while Robinson, 28, is out in the cold at Tottenham and just desperate to talk over a move.