He’s got the girl and looks as if he’s got the move to London after Portsmouth accepted Harry Redknapp’s 10 Million Pound bid for England International Peter Crouch, a move that will reunited him with Jermaine Defoe after Sunderland withdrew their bid for the 6 foot 7 inch striker.
The England hitman was thought to be heading to Tottenham after he spurned Sunderland approaches.
But Kop boss Rafa Benitez has the 28-year-old striker on his radar and has asked to be kept informed with Liverpool currently on tour in Thailand. Spurs and Fulham had looked set to fight it out for the 6ft 7in star with Portsmouth boss Paul Hart resigned to losing him. (more…)
It’s only been a year since Ol’ Arry Redknapp got his man to head down to Portsmouth, but times have changed significantly down South over the last 12 months, so much so that new Sunderland head coach Steve Bruce has seen his 12 Million Pound offer for Peter Crouch accepted.
First you score the goals, then you score the big payday, then maybe you can score something like this…
“Bollocks always goes down pretty well…”
While Harry Redknapp has long been adamant about holding onto Ghanian Sulley Muntari, selling the 23 year old to Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan might be the move necessary to bring in Chelsea’s Shaun Wright-Phillips.
With capturing Jermain Defoe from Tottenham just into the new year and the summer move of Peter Crouch from Liverpool, selling Muntari for 12.7 Million Pound would be a good return on an initial 7.1 Million Pound purchase from Udinese in 2007.
With Nugent and Nigerians Kanu and Utaka already on the books at Portsmouth, selling Muntari is good business IF you can capture Wright-Phillips, long admired by Redknapp.
UPDATE - Ol’ Arry got his man today after Peter Crouch passed his medical and put pen to paper at Fratton Park.
While the final price tag hasn’t been confirmed yet, it is believed that Pompey paid in the region of 11 Million Pound for the big striker.
“It’s fantastic to be back and the club is going places,” said Crouch. “I’ve worked here before and he (Redknapp) gets the best out of me. I’m pleased to be back.
With Jermaine Defoe and Crouch up top, you’d have to think the Portsmouth’s chances in the UEFA Cup aren’t that bad.
So apparently things did not go so well for Peter Crouch and his girl Abbey Clancy at his birthday party last night. Apparently, former Big Brother UK alum Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace started chatting up two meter Peter and made a move on the lanky striker and Abbey was not happy with this. He got an earful from his missus, which is never a fun thing, especially at your own party! Hopefully one day we can all look back on this unfortunate incident and laugh about it 
Source The Sun
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