Benitez’s loss; Redknapp’s big gain

Peter Crouch moved to Portsmouth for £11m

Portsmouth’s acquisition of Peter Crouch is further proof of their impressive progress in the 30 months since Alexandre Gaydamak bought the club in January 2006.
Under Harry Redknapp, they are building an impressive side, characterised by players, young and old, who have a point to prove. Joining a list […]

Benitez Has One Eye On Fifa

Rafael Benitez has appeared to drastically alter his transfer strategy during the close season, possibly in anticipation of Michel Platini’s controversial 6 & 5 proposal to Fifa.
Since his takeover at the Merseyside club, the Spaniard has filled the Liverpool squad with a total of 18 different nationalities. The best eleven available to Benitez last season was […]

No country for tall men

Keegan and Toshack. Quinn and Phillips. Owen and Heskey. Football is littered with successful examples of the ‘classic’ big man/little man partnerships. And with Peter Crouch linked with a move away from Liverpool, could he and Jermain Defoe form the latest tall/small partnership?

All Hail The Great Lankinho

Mike Martin on why England fans must learn to love - and how England players must learn to use - Mr Peter Crouch.
As England struggled to finish off an unambitious Trinidad & Tobago side, many fans in Nüremberg bemoaned the fortunes of Peter Crouch, a striker so badly employed by his team-mates it is hardly […]