Ben Alnwick broke into the Sunderland first team in the 2004-05 season and made 22 appearances for the North-East club before being signed by Spurs on 2nd January 2006 for a fee of £900,000, which could rise to £1.3 million depending on the conditions attached to the deal.
As a youngster, Alnwick was capped by England at Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 levels, before he broke into the squad for the England Under-21s for their UEFA European Championship qualifier against Moldova.
Involved in a newspaper scandal before hen left Sunderland when he was shown in a sex video with a 16 year old girl on the Internet.
Failed to displace neither Paul Robinson nor Radek Cerny in the first team in his first season at the club, so moved to Leicester City on loan, but returned to Tottenham for preseason training ahead of the 2008-09 season.