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Tottenham new boy DeAndre Yedlin has been granted a Governing Body Endorsement – meaning he doesn’t need a Latvian passport to play for the club after all, reports Tom Hopkinson in the Sunday People.

The USA right-back, whose grandmother hails from Baltic state, had applied for the documentation that would allow him to work in the European Union amid fears that a UK work permit would not be granted.

But his concerns have been allayed after the UK Border Agency rubber-stamped the necessary paperwork and he is now set to complete his move to White Hart Lane early next month.

(Image: Cooper Neill)

Yedlin has spent the past couple of weeks on holiday after helping Seattle Sounders reach the MLS play-offs. They lost in the Western Conference final - the semi-final of the MLS Cup - to eventual MLS Cup winners LA Galaxy.

The 21-year-old was a star performer for the USA at the World Cup in Brazil and his displays prompted Spurs to push through a £2.75million deal.

According to the criteria given to all clubs in the football pyramid, a player who is not from the United Kingdom or a British overseas territory, a British crown dependency or a member of the European Economic Area, must obtain a Governing Body Endorsement under Tier 2 of the United Kingdom’s five-tier immigration scheme.