Portsmouth fotball

The 32-year-old suffered the knock in Chelsea's opening-day victory over Portsmouth on 17th August, which caused him to pull out of Germany's 2-0 friendly win over Belgium.

Portsmouth boss Redknapp, who was approached to take over Newcastle when Allardyce was sacked, claimed Keegan's pride is at stake.

Ashley and his directors have had their patience tested by Keegan’s loyalty to Barton. His decision to play the midfielder at Arsenal on Saturday prompted Newcastle to attempt to rid themselves of the player, but his prospective move to Portsmo....

Keegan has staked a lot of his reputation in backing Barton following his release from prison this summer and to have him sold for the 4m asking price to Portsmouth, Everton or Blackburn would have contrasted sharply with Keegan's aim of rehabilitat....

On Monday, there was an attempt by the board to offload Joey Barton to Portsmouth and when Keegan found out about the plans, he went berserk.

Rangers have no glaring deficiencies in terms of covering positions. But there must be specific questions over their buying policy. Walter Smith knew the team needed a midfielder at the end of last season, he liked Pedro Mendes yet Rangers did not si....

However, the loan system is often used by clubs to facilitate permanent transfer deals that are too late for the deadline, such as Jermain Defoe's switch from Tottenham to Portsmouth at the end of January.

Nadir Belhadj (Lens) to Portsmouth; Loan