Conditional approval has been given for South Africa Tourism to tie up a £42.5million sponsorship deal with Tottenham Hotspur, it was confirmed on Thursday.
Leaked documents emerged earlier in the week in South African media outlet Daily Maverick, who claimed that the country's government, through its marketing agency SA Tourism, was preparing to sponsor Spurs for 910million South African rand (£42.5million).
The media outlet claimed that they had seen documents from a presentation given by SA Tourism this month for a three-year sponsorship beginning next season and the matter was due to be discussed further by another presentation on Tuesday night (January 31) and that the deal was close to being finalised.