Source: Daily_Mail
Bent fined £120k for Twitter rant: Spurs crackdown on players' websites
Angry: Darren Bent Darren Bent will be fined £120 ,000 b y Tottenham despite issuing agrovelling apology for his foul-mouthed blast at chairman Daniel Levy. Bent used Twitter to vent his frustration after his move toSunderland stalled yet again, and the attack has cost him two weeks'wages. It has also left the club demanding that all their players disclosewhether they are members of social networking sites such as Facebook orthe one used by the striker. Bent's Twitter page 'db10thetruth' was taken down early yesterdaybut only after a series of his angry posts had been published inSportsmail. Spurs are determined not to be embarrassed in the same way again. Among his posts the striker wrote: 'Do I wanna go Hull City NO. DoI wanna go Stoke NO do I wanna go Sunderland YES so stop f***ing aroundlevy.' Ironically, Stoke were undeterred by Bent's ill-judged comments andare understood to have topped Sunderland's most recent offer of a£9million down-payment with further instalments up to £14m based onperformance related bonuses. But just as Portsmouth were forced to accept £3m less from Spurs than Sunderland were offering for Peter Crouch, who preferred a move to White Hart Lane, Levy may have to bend on the Bent transfer fee. Sunderland are just as frustrated as their top transfer target, and manager Steve Bruce wants the signing completed by the beginning of next week. Chairman Niall Quinn made a third attempt to strike a deal last night. Bent's frustration is based on the lack of progress over the transfer even though on Monday he was ordered to get off Explore more:People:Steve Bruce, Peter Crouch, Daniel Levy, Niall Quinn