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Six players will leave, three will come in. The question is who are they? The other question is are we skint?Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has stated that he will need to sell fringe players before he can even think about making anymore signings. This has come as a shock to many Pompey fans. How can a team that won the F.A Cup and have a millionaire owner become cash strapped? Well the answer is simple, Pompey havent got a bottomle s pit of money.Most of the players at the club are on high wages, not very surprising considering we have players such as Sol Campbell, David James and Peter Crouch. However even the fringe players are on high wages and seem happy to warm the Mario Edwards Jr. Jersey bench and collect their wages every week. David Nugent for example is reportedly earning 35,000 per week. Now Im not saying hes a fringe player, or someone that doesnt put good work ethic in however for someone that didnt make many appearances last season, theres a lot that can be questioned.The six players that will leave might not collect huge transfer fees but they will reduce the wage bill significantly. This Cole Kmet Jersey will allow us to afford the wages of three top quality signings. The man that has been linked with us most of the summer, apart from Crouchie has been Shaun Wright-Phillips. Theres no doubt he has bags of ability however the price of this ability may be a stumbling block. It is said he would cost at least 10 million in total and would command wages above the 60,000 mark. His Dad wants him to play here; he wants to play here so it shouldnt be surprised if we see Shaun don a Pompey next season. The only thing that will stop that happening is if no one comes in for the departing six.Many have gue sed to who the departing six may be. Some of them are easier to gue s than others. I can say now if Richard Duffy is still here by January then something has gone wrong somewhere. Richard had and still has the potential to make a good football career, so why he is still Chicago Bears Men Jersey at Pompey I dont know. Its obvious Redknapp doesnt want him to play, his last appearance was four years ago and that was a substitute appearance against Fulham. Hes gone out on loan a few times to Championship clubs and thats where I expect him to be next season, this time on a permanent basis. Sean Davis, Traore and Hughes look all set to leave Fratton Park as well. Davis looks set for a move to Premiership new boys Hull, whilst Traore is hanging on for a move back to France. There have yet to be any rumours about where Hughes may be going, however what is true is that he deserves a fair crack at Premier League football still. Hes never really put a foot wrong and well always remember him for that goal against Liverpool in the F.A Cup in our very first Premiership season.Nugent and Lauren may also be departures and are more likely to get a bigger transfer fee in my opinion. Hull has been linked once again with one time England international and are reportedly prepared to pay 3 million for his services. Thats not too bad busine s by Pompey, only making a 1 million lo s. It could have been worse. Lauren has proved to be a good utility player and has played well when needed. At the end of the day, he might be the man unfortunately Cairo Santos Jersey that decides whether we get Wright-Phillips and the other two players. He wont be short of takers; I imagine a few Premier League clubs, especially the new boys, will take a look and see what they can offer him.So now we get to the part where we see who the new players might just be. Well Ill take a chance here and say that Youne s Kaboul and Nicky Shorey are most likely the players that Harry is after. Kaboul has said that hed like to join the Pompey revolution, to learn from the experienced Tony Adams and play under a great manager. However it is yet unknown whether Tottenham have accepted our bid for the French defender, whereas Sunderland have got permi sion to speak to him. The good news is that Kabouls agent has ruled out a move to Sunderland saying that the former Auxerre player needs to be watched and that can only happen with F.A Cup winners Portsmouth. Nicky Shorey would be a Danny Trevathan Jersey good acquisition with Redknapp needing cover in that particular area. He would cost around 5 million and Pompey would face stiff competition from long term admirers West Ham and Sunderland. Do not be surprised if Redknapp makes a move for left sided midfielder as well. At the moment we only have Niko to play on the left side of midfield and Muntari, although that is neither players preferred position. Expect the player to be either a free transfer or a short term loan deal.Hopefully Redknapp and Chief Executive Peter Storrie will be able to get the players needed and build on Pompeys succe s so far.

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