Pompey still chasing Crouch

Lewis Rutledge

Portsmouth have not given up in their quest to sign Liverpool striker Peter Crouch.

Harry Redknapp is known to be a keen admirer of the England international and feels he would bring a different dimension to Pompey in attack.

The manager has acknowledged that money could be a factor and Portsmouth have already had an offer, believed to be in the region of £9million, rejected by Liverpool.

However, Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has revealed that Redknapp is still keen to land his top target.

He told The News: "Harry has made it clear he wants Peter Crouch. He's the sort of quality we want to add to the team.

"We have made a fair bid for him and that was turned down but we are still interested.

Negotiations

"It's now the case that we have made known our position and Liverpool have made know theirs - we will see what happens after that.

"This is not the end of it. As in normal transfer negotiations there is still more talking to be done. That's how it works.

"We are not going to be giving up. Harry sees him as an important player and we will try to bring him to Fratton Park."

Storrie accepts there are not likely to be any major developments in the coming days.

Situation

He added: "At the moment both myself and Harry are away so there is nothing happening, we will see what the situation is after this week.

"But nothing will be happening with Peter's future in the meantime, either. It's a quiet time for transfers.

"We are still interested, he's a quality player."

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