British tabloid The Sunday Express claims that Portsouth has made Barcelona attacker and Iceland international Eidur Gudjohnsen (29) their top transfer target after the club gave up on signing Liverpool forward Peter Crouch as both English clubs are unable to agree on a transfer fee.
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, who confirmed the interest in Gudjohnsen a few weeks ago (read more here), would be willing to pay 6,5 million euro° for the Icelandic striker.
With Barcelona ready to let the player go the decision over where his future now lies appears to be with Gudjohnsen, as West Ham United is also following the player and a number of other clubs are likely to be interested too. However, it is thought that Portsmouth’s ability to offer European football make them slight favourites to sign Gudjohnsen.
Catalan sports paper Sport says that Gudjohnsen isn't part of the plans of new Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola. But although the player, whose contract with Barcelona expires in 2010, can leave this summer, the club wants to receive a decent fee for him and is ready to organize a bid race between the interested English Premier League clubs.
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6,5 million euro =
10 million us dollar
5 million british pound
Price sounds more than reasonable to me for a player who hardly graced the pitch since his arrival.
Holy crap! 6.5 million??!! Do we have to throw in a few crates of Barca Xips with that?
Bidding war? Take the money and run.
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