Thomas Rooney
I am a Sports Journalism student, in my third year. I am working as a sports writer and love everything to do with sport. Especially cricket, football, boxing and golf.
Crouch set to seal Portsmouth move
- By Thomas Rooney
- Published 07/10/2008
Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has agreed to join Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth and will complete the move once he passes his medical. Everything is expected to be finalised in the next 24 hours.
I would put all my money on the fact that Crouch doesn't actually want to leave Liverpool. Instead he has been forced out by Rafa Benitez, who treated the former Aston Villa striker very poorly in my opinion. If I was to involving Liverpool, I'd always expect Crouch to be sitting on the bench - no matter how well he had performed in the previous game.
That's just the way it was for Crouch. Considering a lot of his appearances were from the bench, his record of 40 goals in 135 games for Liverpool - he had a decent record. Yet, despite this he has been asked to move on.
I think the main reason for the move is financial. Liverpool will use the £9m they will receive for Crouch to help them sign Robbie Keane or David Villa. Two players that, in terms of , you would expect to score more often than Crouch.
Crouch would know that Benitez is on the look out for new strikers and this would mean him moving further down the pecking order. Therefore a move is probably in his best interests. If he is playing every week for Pompey, you would continuing to select him and this might not be the case if he was sitting on the bench at Liverpool.
Portsmouth meet Liverpool at Anfield on the 29th October and I would like to see the on Crouch getting on the score-sheet here. He will be determined to prove Benitez wrong for letting him go. I'd even go as far to say that if I was to , then I wouldn't rule out Peter Crouch. He may be an outsider, but he will be playing week in, week out and I think he has as good a chance as anyone.
Should this happen, I would like to hear what Rafa Benitez would have to say.
Thomas Rooney - Sports Betting
I would put all my money on the fact that Crouch doesn't actually want to leave Liverpool. Instead he has been forced out by Rafa Benitez, who treated the former Aston Villa striker very poorly in my opinion. If I was to involving Liverpool, I'd always expect Crouch to be sitting on the bench - no matter how well he had performed in the previous game.
That's just the way it was for Crouch. Considering a lot of his appearances were from the bench, his record of 40 goals in 135 games for Liverpool - he had a decent record. Yet, despite this he has been asked to move on.
I think the main reason for the move is financial. Liverpool will use the £9m they will receive for Crouch to help them sign Robbie Keane or David Villa. Two players that, in terms of , you would expect to score more often than Crouch.
Crouch would know that Benitez is on the look out for new strikers and this would mean him moving further down the pecking order. Therefore a move is probably in his best interests. If he is playing every week for Pompey, you would continuing to select him and this might not be the case if he was sitting on the bench at Liverpool.
Portsmouth meet Liverpool at Anfield on the 29th October and I would like to see the on Crouch getting on the score-sheet here. He will be determined to prove Benitez wrong for letting him go. I'd even go as far to say that if I was to , then I wouldn't rule out Peter Crouch. He may be an outsider, but he will be playing week in, week out and I think he has as good a chance as anyone.
Should this happen, I would like to hear what Rafa Benitez would have to say.
Thomas Rooney - Sports Betting