Town have completed the signing of Tottenham left winger Anthony Georgiou on loan until January.

Georgiou, who will wear the number 38 shirt, trained with the Blues this morning and the paperwork is expected to be completed in time for him to be in the squad for Tuesday’s game against AFC Wimbledon.

Born in Lewisham of Greek-Cypriot descent, Georgiou came through the Spurs academy and has made one senior sub appearance for Tottenham, as a substitute in a Champions League tie coincidentally against Cypriot side APOEL in September 2017, in addition to being a regular in their U23s.

In addition to joining Town, Georgiou, who was at Saturday's game at Peterborough, has signed a new contract with Spurs, which runs to the summer of 2021.

The 22-year-old, who has won six caps for Cyprus and can also play at left-back, joined Spanish side Levante on loan in January and featured for their B team in the third tier of Spanish football, making 11 appearances and scoring one goal.

Town boss Paul Lambert, who has been looking for two more signings having completed the addition of right-back Kane Vincent-Young this morning, said early in the summer he wasn’t keen to sign too many loan players, however, he admitted last week that he could be forced to make additions of that type.

“You might have to short-term to get where you want to get to sometimes,” he said. “It’s not ideal, I’ve always said it’s not ideal.

“In my opinion, it’s not the right way to try and build your own team, but sometimes it’s dictated. It’s not an ideal scenario.”

Georgiou will provide extra competition on the Town left, potentially allowing Luke Garbutt, who is currently out for a month with a knee injury, to move to left-back to cover first-choice Myles Kenlock if required once he is fit.

Lambert would now appear to need only one more signing before the window closes on September 2nd with a big striker in the mould of Millwall's Tom Elliott - whose move broke down last month - the type of frontman he is after.

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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 21:36 - Aug 19 Betty Blue what are you on . A month into the season ?? Norwood, Holy , Wilson and Vincent - Young are all permanent!!
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Linkboy13 added 06:58 - Aug 20 I thought on Saturday it was obvious we needed a centre half who was good in the air but Lambert knows best i suppose. We haven't had good attacking fullbacks for several years now would like to see Garbutt moved to left back even though he's our top scorer this would give him more space to attack in seem to remember Cresswell having the most assists from fullback.
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afcfee added 08:00 - Aug 20 Would of preferred till end season but I'll take top spot at Xmas ;) start with a little 4-0 tonight Norwood hatrick :)
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rugbytomc added 09:43 - Aug 20 I'd never heard of Cameron Carter Vickers before he came in on loan and he did alright. Hopefully this is Bryan Klug working his Spurs links and knowledge magic again!
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runningout added 11:31 - Aug 20 a few Spurs fans don't rate him. What do they know!!
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