Cash-strapped Portsmouth set to cash in on Nadir Belhadj as Roma line up £6m bid

01 April 2010 12:13
Roma hope to see off competition from Russia by making a £6million move for Portsmouth's Nadir Belhadj.[LNB]CSKA Moscow are believed to have made a £4.5m bid last week and reports say Spartak Moscow are also interested in the Algeria international.[LNB]Belhadj's exit from Fratton Park seems inevitable, though he is reluctant to go to Russia and this week said a move to Spain or another Barclays Premier League club would be preferable.[LNB] Highly rated: Nadir Belhadj (right) is set to leave Portsmouth[LNB]Roma, who are just a point behind Inter Milan at the top of Serie A, may be an attractive alternative.[LNB]Reports in Russia claim CSKA will try to change the 27-year-old's mind by offering a huge £65,000 a week pay deal as they see him as an ideal man to strengthen a left side that is still missing Yury Zhirkov.[LNB]Belhadj is currently out with a thigh injury, but Pompey boss Avram Grant hopes he is fit and still at the club come the FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday week.[LNB] Quincy Owusu-Abeyie quits Pompey for £65,000 a week Qatar pay dayPompey double blow as Hreidarsson and Webber are out for six monthsPortsmouth hit by new tax evasion claimPORTSMOUTH FC

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