Rodrigo Bentancur has revealed it was an 'honour' to sign for Tottenham Hotspur.
The Uruguayan midfielder sealed a move to north London on deadline day after five years with Italian giants Juventus.
The 24-year-old was joined by former Bianconeri team-mate Dejan Kulusevski as Spurs successfully strengthened their squad going into the business end of the season.
Bentancur is currently on international duty with Uruguay and scored in Tuesday’s 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela.
The former Juve star will arrive at Tottenham later in the week and revealed his ‘huge pleasure’ at joining Antonio Conte’s side.
“It’s a great Club with great players – always competing in all competitions,” he told the club's official website.
“I was very happy when I heard about the interest in me and thankfully I’ve joined now.
“It’s a huge pleasure and an honour to be able to represent this shirt. As I said, it’s a brilliant Club and a great league that I’ve always liked and now I’m going to have the chance to enjoy it alongside the other great players that we have.
“I think they’ll help me to grow a lot on a footballing level, and obviously we’ll always try to give everything we can to represent the Club together.”
Bentacur also described what he will bring to Spurs’ midfield, and believes he will improve and develop further under Conte.
He added: “I would say I’m a very tactical player who covers free spaces, does well when winning the ball back and moves it forward quickly,
“I also think I have scope to improve even more and I can do so as part of this team at Spurs.
“I am looking forward to learning from Antonio Conte – I think he’s a great coach, he wants to win and gets 150 per cent out of his players.
"I think he’ll make me improve even more, both mentally and as a player. I like that, and it’s a big motivation for me.”
