2007-2008 Premiership (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Former Wigan striker Amr Zaki, who had been one of the major targets for Portsmouth shareholder Sulaiman Al-Fahim, has claimed that he will not move to the South Coast club due to their employment of Israelis (Director of Football Avram Grant and defender Tal Ben Haim) and an Algerian footballer (left back Nadir Belhadj).Talking on [...] http://bit.ly/77i3AJ
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Amr Zaki has astonishingly claimed that he will not consider signing for Portsmouth on the grounds that they employ two Israelis - Tal Ben Haim and Avram Grant - as well as an Algerian in the form of Nadir Belhadj.
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
New Portsmouth technical chief Avram Grant must thrash out his differences with defender Tal Ben Haim. read more
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Portsmouth's misery has been prolonged. The doom and gloom that has hung heavy over Fratton Park merely deepened here after this latest spirited and energetic performance yielded absolutely no reward to condemn the locals to a seventh successive league defeat of the season. No top flight side since Manchester United in 1930 have started a campaign with seven losses in a row. There all comparisons...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
After a day off, Martin O'Neill will arrive for work at Aston Villa today and assess this victory – which was not quite as comfortable as he would have liked – but will probably press the rewind button to watch Gabriel Agbonlahor's goal again. He will talk to his physio to get an update on Emile Heskey's ankle, which was crunched by Tal Ben Haim and led to the England forward limping off...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Portsmouth remain at the bottom of the table with zero points after a sixth consecutive defeat rendered their start to this season the worst in the top flight since Leicester City's campaign opener 26 years ago. Watching this display it is difficult to imagine how Paul Hart's men have any chance of escaping relegation, the best of their talent raided in the transfer window, they are a shadow of their...
hectorshona (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Portsmouth managed to sign defender Tal Ben-Haim from fellow Premier League side Manchester City at the transfer deadline. The 27-year-old centre-back from Israel will be able to report subject to a work permit. Ben-Haim has suffered disappointing spells at Chelsea and Man City lately. However, he had a successful three-year stay at Bolton, and that attracted Chelsea in 2007. He only stayed one year...
Football Banter (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Great Deals Gareth Barry, Villa to Man City £12m - A solid performer who will become integral to the spine of a title challenging team. Thomas Vermaelen, Ajax to Arsenal £10m – Looks like he has been playing in the Premier League for years already. Not the big commanding centre-half that Arsenal fans have been after, but already looks a good buy at £10m. Sol Campbell, Portsmouth...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
• Two defenders and midfielder in as Kranjcar and Nugent leave • Shorey turns down chance to join on loan from Aston Villa Portsmouth signed more players than they lost yesterday and that must be considered an achievement after a summer that saw first-team players stream out of Fratton Park at an alarming rate. But their attempts to construct a squad capable of avoiding relegation suffered...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
David James was left looking like the last deck-hand on the Marie Celeste last night - as Portsmouth lurched ever closer to the rocks of relegation doom. While Nico Krancjar and even David Nugent found a way out of Fratton Park, following Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin and Sean Davis through the emergency exit doors, James was facing up to the prospect of being the one man who couldn’t...
Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Usually if you are stuck at work on deadline day it can be an immensely frustrating time without Sky Sports News to keep you upto speed on the latest news, rumours and deals. Today however, if you missed the deadline coverage, consider yourself fortunate indeed. Today, especially with the deadline being 5pm, transfer deadline day was as damp a squib as the Twenty20 games at Old Trafford . Devoid of...
Fantasy Premier League (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
transfer window wrap-up courtesy Yahoo!UK/Eurosport : Everton signed Dutch defender Johnny Heitinga from Atletico Madrid for six million pounds (6.8 million euros) just before the transfer window shut on Tuesday. Heitinga agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League club and the move was announced in the final hour before the 1600GMT deadline. The 25-year-old follows French defender Sylvain...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
"Panic on the streets of London Panic on the streets of Birmingham I wonder to myself Could life ever be sane again ?" Well, if you can't be as depressed as Morrissey on transfer deadline day, when all the hopes and rumours turn out to be false dawns, when can you? As the dust settled on a day that promised far more than it eventually delivered, the revolving doors were at Fratton Park and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
• Croatian midfielder reunited with Harry Redknapp • Kranjcar will provide cover for injured Modric Harry Redknapp left it late as he signed Portsmouth's Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjcar just as the transfer window closed. The 25-year-old will provide cover for injured playmaker Luka Modric and can also operate for boss Harry Redknapp across the midfield. "We have reached agreement...
Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
The 5pm deadline has passed and, although news may still come through, at this stage Tal Ben-Haim has been the only piece of business conducted today. Whilst the reports of Martin Petrov may have been a non-story, it is Richard Dunne that is the intriguing situation. It was expected that his move to Aston Villa would be completed but at the time of writing this nothing has been confirmed. Sky Sports...
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