Sunderland & Portsmouth Agree £12m Crouch Deal
by Mad Dog and Glory on July 15th, 2009 254 words | 3 commentsBidding war begins to sign England forward and occasional Robot dancer!
England striker Peter Crouch is locked in transfer talks with Sunderland after they agreed a £12m deal with Portsmouth, BBC Sport understands.
The 28-year-old is also a target for Fulham boss Roy Hodgson as he prepares to rake in £5m from the sale of Bobby Zamora to Hull City.
Fulham boss Hodgson may hold the trump card with Crouch reportedly keen to move to London.
But Sunderland boss Bruce hopes he can tempt Crouch with a lucrative package.
Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie was unhappy with Crouch’s recent criticism of the club having not yet appointed a permanent manager to take over from Paul Hart. (BBC Sport)
Peter Crouch has overcome initial criticism to become one of the most consistent strikers in the top tier of English football so it comes as no surprise that he is being targeted by a number of club’s this summer. In each of the past four seasons he has managed to get into double figures with regards to his goal tally, and that includes large portions of a Liverpool career when he was not first choice starter.
Steve Bruce will be hoping to beef up the Black Cats attack and clearly sees the England international as someone who can give him a consistent performance week in week out, however he may well be pipped to the post by Fulham who do of course have European football to offer the giant forward.
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Dom - July 15th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
First and I love it
MIKE - July 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Crouchy will go Fulham if they can meet the asking price (depends on Bobby Zamora to Hull for c.£5m). He’ll prefer to stay down south as his missus is always “working” (shopping/modelling) in London.
Dom the third - July 19th, 2009 at 12:51 am
To mikes reply, yes probably but Crouch has alot of money maybe renting or buying a flat / apartment / penthouse / Dungeon / house down in London could b realistic, but if she is modeling 5 times a month she could get a plane down. These ideas are preety unrealistic, so Fulham is the more likely option for him. As a Sunderland fan I tell my club give him 30 grand a week :p