Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts

£7 million Play Maker to Liverpool?

lNiko Kranjcar Niko Kranjcar warms up during the Tottenham Hotspur training session ahead of their UEFA Champions League group stage match against Inter Milan at Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground on November 1, 2010 in London, England.As was previously reported on HERE, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon and new fan favourite Rafael van der Vaart may be forcing Niko Kranjcar out of Tottenham.

The 26 year old has started just one Premier League match this season which was in the weekend defeat at Bolton, and as he was hauled off at half time for fellow bench warmer David Bentley, it seems Redknapp is unimpressed with the former Portsmouth play maker.
Now, the players father has said that interest from Liverpool would certainly sway the Croatians head, and force him to make a decision on his future away from White Hart Lane.
"If he didn’t have ambition, he would stay at Tottenham and vegetate for the next three years”
“He has a great deal, but one just can’t match money with his ambitions.
“Niko would like to stay in London, but he is also ready to leave England if he could move to Serie A.
“Liverpool is a club which would interest him but, then again, why not Italy?”
Liverpool seem to lack the creativity and flare that Kranjcar could inject, and for only around £7 million, Hodgson would be wise to make a move soon so his team can continue their revival after beating Premier League Champions on Sunday.

FA Cup Final - Is a Shock Result On the Cards?

This truly is going to be an interesting game. The clash between the top team in the Premier League against the bottom team. One team having arguably their best season for three years, the other in financial meltdown and relegation to the Championship confirmed. But both are fighting for one thing in this match. The FA Cup.

If Portsmouth aren't on their game, they could be in for a complete whitewash. It was only last week that Chelsea beat Wigan by eight, whose to say they can't do it again?

Portsmouth have shown tremendous fight this season, with everything going on around them, they have fought so hard. The club, however has been as stable as an eight year old with matches in a firework factory. Players being paid late, worries over finances and eventual administration have ruined the clubs Premier League status and caused chaos.

But, despite this, anything can happen in football.
A lucky bounce, an awkward deflection, or even a beach ball could decide this matches out-come, not to mention a dodgy Wembley pitch!

I'm not going to make a prediction, because I will probably get it horribly wrong. It always depends on who turns up playing the best. In the FA Cup, as it has proved over the years, it isn't about the quality of the individual players necessarily, but the quality of the team as a whole.