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Shaun Wright-Phillips would be headed to Portsmouth, if there weren’t one factor keeping Harry Redknapp from purchasing the Chelsea mid-fielder. Apparently Redknapp thinks Wright-Phillips £10million price tag is just too high. Although given Pompey’s recent run of play, why would he think that?

The one thing above all, that Portsmouth need so far, is a good mid-fielder to feed Peter Crouch and Defoe the ball, if Pompey hopes to ever score a goal. That’s been their one major issue, Portsmouth looked good attacking against United on Monday, but lacked that one final pass to set up a Crouch or Defoe goal. The speed of Shaun Wright-Phillips could be just what they need to run around defenders, and produce that final piece of excellence that sets Pompey on their way.

So spend the money Redknapp! If you ever want to win another trophy managing Portsmouth, because so far they look worse than ever.

Roman Pavlyuchenko is looking to step up his career with a move to the Premiership, and amid the recent interest for Tottenham, seems ready to make the move, if Spurs can float the bill. Hopefully Tottenham are committed to signing Pavlyuchenko and have forgotten about Arshavin completely. Because if Spurs lose Berbatov, and have only Darren Bent to carry the club’s scoring contingent from the striker position, they are dead in the water. You picked up David Bentley Juande Ramos, what are you doing focusing on another mid-fielder that sets up a forward striker, instead of looking to a better striker for the brilliant mid you already have?

Pavlyuchenko is set to leave Russia, as he’s basically conquered everything he can playing in Russia. He’s ready to move to the biggest stage, into the Barclay’s Premiership, and if Tottenham are smart, and want to score a few goals and escape any relegation trouble at the end of the year, they’ll sign the correct Russian.

Liverpool made a mistake buying Robbie Keane, and Tottenham made a bigger one in selling him. Liverpool didn’t need another striker, and so far Keane just gets in Torres way up front, instead of helping the Spaniard to score. Tottenham are like a headless chicken running around flapping it’s wings, without their captain. Look at Liverpool and don’t make the mistake of replacing your captain with a player you don’t need. You don’t need another mid. You need Pavlyuchenko, should you hope to conquer anything this year, beyond just playing good enough to not be relegated.

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