"Hee Hee, the gaffer wants to buy me again! Cheeky!"
Never a day passes at Fratton Park without more heartbreak, hilarity, or a heady blend of the two.
Today, the club kinda/sorta spoke in ‘Arry Redknapp’s direction, hoping that his recent interest in central defender Younes Kaboul could become an actual transfer in the region of £10m.
You see, the club kinda needs that cash to pay off Udinese for the 2007 transfer of Sulley Muntari, and the Serie A club has been complaining to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) about wanting their money. Maybe, just maybe, the transfer of Kaboul could also help alleviate some of the trouble, like getting that pesky transfer ban lifted as soon as possible.
Don’t celebrate just yet, Pompey fans, as the deal doesn’t translate to a full £10m in the bank — it would be offset by £2m still owed by Pompey to Spurs for the £4m deal that brought Kaboul in from White Hart Lane in 2008, plus there’s a £1.5m sell-on clause that I’m sure will be wonderfully convoluted considering this would be Kaboul’s return trip, but it could all still look so good to the English FA that the stricken South Coast club are cleaning up their act.
Then again, it’d be nice if that “rich” Pompey owner fixed these problem himself, but that’s just being greedy.
It would also continue Redknapp’s merry knack of buying back former players as he hops from club to club — Defoe, Crouch, Kranjcar and Robbie “Useless” Keane are just four of the players to follow the red-haired Pied Piper around.
Spurs could also use the help, considering their central defending corps resembles the ailing masses at Walter Reed. Ledley King can only play once every three months, spending his time recuperating in some ghastly hyperbaric chamber during the down time, Matthew Dawson has dodgy legs, and Jonny Woodgate is no picture of health either. The only generally-fit CB they have is Monsieur Bassong, though he forgets to put on his shorts before games, so make of that what you will.
So, Spurs, I beg of thee: buy Younes Kaboul. It makes sense for everyone involved.
Oh Pompey…. Even Dirty Leeds is laughing at your mismanagement.
Eh, I’m not sure I really want Kaboul.
oh, and it’s Michael Dawson
Doesn’t Kaboul wear makeup?
It’s getting so bad at Pompey, even Avram! is speechless.
now, I understand ‘Arry likes players he’s worked with before, but couldn’t 10 mil buy a defender who is consistent and doesn’t make all Spurs fans groan?
Shouldn’t Pompey be slashing the prices for their players, trying to get them off the books, rather than raising them?
And to think that much of Pompey’s woes are from all the overpriced, subpar players that ‘Arry bought in the first place.
@ spec: you mean like Sol Campbell?
really 10 mil get a 5 mil striker sell keane get a decent strike partner for defoe. at last that was what i did in FIFA and i cracked the top four