Sunderland finally completed their club record #10-million swoop for Tottenham striker Darren Bent on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old had become increasingly frustrated after Tottenham's transfer demands forced him to wait for over a week to move to the Stadium of Light.

The England international even criticised Spurs chairman Daniel Levy on the Twitter website before being forced to apologise for his comments.

But Bent was able to put pen to paper on a four-year contract with Steve Bruce's team after the last financial details were agreed between the two clubs.

"Steve Bruce finally has his man as Sunderland have confirmed the #10-million signing of Spurs striker Darren Bent," a statement on Sunderland's website confirmed.

Bent becomes the Black Cats' fourth close-season signing after the arrivals of Fraizer Campbell, Lorik Cana and Paulo Da Silva.

Bent's fee surpasses Sunderland's previous biggest deal - the nine million pounds capture of Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon from Hearts.

Bent scored 55 goals in 141 appearances for Ipswich before joining Charlton, where he notched 37 goals in 79 games prior to a #16.5-million pounds switch to Tottenham.

He netted 25 goals in 79 appearances at Spurs but never convinced boss Harry Redknapp he was worth a regular place. Redknapp even claimed his wife Sandra could have scored a chance Bent missed against Portsmouth last season.

But Bruce was delighted to get his man at last and said: "Good things come to those who wait. It has not quite happened for Darren at Spurs.

"But he has 50 goals in 100 Premier League starts and that speaks volumes about why we are bringing him to the club.

"He's had the competition of the likes of (Dimitar) Berbatov, (Jermain) Defoe and (Robbie) Keane, but he has still scored goals when he's been given games.

"He's something different - he's got pace, power, he's young, he's English and he gets goals."