British local newspaper The News claims that English Premier League club Portsmouth is considering to launch a bid for Barcelona attacker and Iceland international Eidur Gudjohnsen (29) if the negotiations with Liverpool on England international Peter Crouch would fail (read more here). Gudjohnsen is thought to be available for a transfer fee of around 5 million euro°.
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp said to the paper that Gudjohnsen could be an option: "Eidur is a good player, a proper player. It does look like he is leaving Barcelona. If that's the case he'd definitely be the type of player we'd be interested in. He's someone I know and he's good friends with my son Jamie. He's a good lad and a top player."
Asked about the matter, the player's agent and father Arnor Gudjohnsen confirmed the interest to British sports site Setanta Sports and said that a return to the Premier League is a serious option for his son although nothing is certain at this moment: "I am a little bit aware of the Portsmouth interest, it was there in January as well. Eidur is not rushing into anything at the moment, we haven’t actually been speaking to any clubs, we just know about interest in him from a few clubs.
I think Eidur is definitely looking at options to maybe go away from Barcelona. It is not definite, but football-wise he has to ask himself a few questions. Is it better for him to leave the club or to stay? I think England is strongly in the picture because he knows English football and has been there for a long time."
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