Tottenham Pair Complete £4m Portsmouth Move: Boateng Finally Leaves
by Mad Dog and Glory on August 28th, 2009 9 commentsDuo on their way to Fratton Park.
Portsmouth have agreed a fee with Tottenham for Kevin-Prince Boateng and enquired about taking Jamie O’Hara on loan.
Pompey boss Paul Hart is scouring the transfer market as he bids to bolster his squad and he is hoping to lure midfield duo O’Hara and Boateng to Fratton Park.
Boateng, who joined Tottenham in 2007, is well down the pecking order at White Hart Lane and spent last season on loan at Borussia Dortmund.
The 22-year-old is believed to be surplus to requirements and Harry Redknapp is willing to let him move on.Portsmouth are believed to have agreed a fee in the region of £4million for the Germany Under 21 international with the player currently holding talks and undergoing a medical at Fratton Park.
O’Hara is down the pecking order for a place in the Spurs midfield and he could be interested in a loan switch in search of regular first-team football.
“Jamie’s a terrific player but needs to play games and I’ll let him go to
Portsmouth on loan. He’ll do a great job for them,” said Redknapp. (Sky Sports)
There are players who flatter to deceive and then those who are simply just not in the same league as you have been led to believe. Kevin Prince Boateng was hailed by the German media and by many English pundits as one of the hottest prospects in Europe, fact was that he was very average to say the least. Harry gave the 22 year old a couple of run outs when he arrived and then loaned him back to the Bundesliga and more recently he got a half hour run out at Doncaster. Perhaps at Portsmouth the midfielder will click and Spurs should feel grateful to get the majority of the £5.4m Martin Jol invested in the Hertha Berlin side.
It has been reported that a loan deal for Jamie O’Hara has also been completed and Harry seems pleased that the youngster will be getting a regular run out at Fratton Park. The local born midfielder clearly loves the north London club but will greatly benefit from regular Premier League action.
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anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
stupid. the deal is not even done
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Martin Jol did the deal? Nope, I think you’ll find it was that moron, Damien Comolli. Jol couldn’t stand the guy and his attitude and relationships between them were very sour. – he rarely played under Jol…
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Just saw this on a number of respected sites, and Sky has it also, seems a done deal. Especially with Harry quoted as saying its done.
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Why let O’hara go on loan!!! Who do we bring on for Hud or Palacios now? This loan deal makes no sense…
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Bring on Jenas or play Modric for Hudd with Gio or Bentley on the left. If we have 1 more come in as back up for WP, we are well sorted!
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
agreed with the last comment!! and really dont rate o’hara anyhoo’s sure he runs around a lot but never really any end product…….
anonymous - August 28th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
O’hara never has an end product? – have you been watching the same spurs? He comes into the side to tighten things up when its needed, picks up the pace of the game very quickly, when on as a sub, and has scored a good amount of goals for the position he plays. OK he’s no Luca Modric, but that’s not his job. He is a great squad player and if he does go on loan I hope there is a stipulation he comes back if we have key injuries.
Boateng on the other hand – Portsmouth are welcome to him!
footybanter.co.uk - August 28th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
And i thought Portsmouth’s season couldn’t get any worse and now they sign Boateng. Man alive they’re going down!
anonymous - August 31st, 2009 at 2:54 am
I’ve had a tip-off that we’re going to sign a Polish centre-back before the deadline. You heard it here first.