While many people are describing Fabio Capello’s decision to leave Michael Owen out his 23-man England squad as controversial, others less prone to knee-jerk reactions can see the reasons behind this decision. After all, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Geoff Hurst had excellent scoring records for the national team, although nobody would think about picking […]

Maybe this is what the national team need; a healthy dose of realism. After all, England haven’t been world-beaters for quite some time, forty-two years to be exact, and it’s time that the nation stopped living the lie that the Three Lions should triumph every time that they play. This team have no more of […]

That’s what many people are asking, after seeing Robbie Keane join Liverpool for a deal which could be worth £20.3 million to the White Hart Lane club. With the future of Dimitar Berbatov far from certain, Spurs are going to look pretty threadbare next season, especially when you consider that this time last year, they […]

It’s taken a while, but Pompey have finally got their man after signing Peter Crouch from Liverpool for £11million. Well, the deal is worth that amount, although Harry Redknapp has probably been wily enough to suggest they only pay the full shebang if the striker scores 50 goals for his new club and entertains the […]

After three seasons at Anfield, Peter Crouch’s Liverpool career has come to an end, although Rafael Benitez didn’t want it to be this way.

Harry Redknapp is chuffed to bits and has every right to be. Not only has he steered his Portsmouth team to the FA Cup final against Cardiff, he’s also done this without having a decent striker throughout his club’s run in the competition. The Daily Telegraph report his delight after winning 1-0 against West Brom.
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He wasn’t deemed worthy of a place in the Tottenham team, yet after his brace of goals against Birmingham City on Wednesday, Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell has backed Jermain Defoe to start featuring regularly for England. The striker just couldn’t seem to get a sniff at White Hart Lane, whether it was under Martin Jol […]

It appears that Benjani will be unveiled as a Manchester City player today, with The Independent reporting a deal has been agreed with Portsmouth. The price tag will comes as a surprise to many, with the striker rumoured to be exchanging hands for roughly £3.8 million, despite Pompey’s valuation being nearer the £8 million mark.
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While uncertainty remains over whether Benjani will remain at Portsmouth or sign for Manchester City, The Guardian report that Pompey have not yet signed Jermain Defoe permanently. The striker, who was yesterday called up by Fabio Capello as a replacement for Gabriel Agbonlahor, was initially signed on loan from Tottenham due to the time constraints […]

The farce that is Benjani’s transfer from Portsmouth to Man City continues; firstly there were doubts that the requisite forms had been submitted by Man City which made Pompey sweat because they had already spent the Benjani moolah on Jermain Defoe. Next up were rumours that Benjani had a gammy knee and Man […]