Source: Daily_Mail
Cold war: Birmingham new boy Traore hits out at Pompey for freezing him out
Feeling blue: Djimi Traore made only 15 appearances for Portsmouth before being 'frozen out' by the club[LNB] Birmingham new boy Djimi Traore has angrily accused Portsmouth[LNB]owner Alexandre Gaydamak of freezing him out because he refused to leave Fratton Park last summer.[LNB]Traore was stripped of his squad number in the summer after turning down moves to Hull[LNB]and French club Rennes.[LNB]Former Liverpool[LNB]star Traore, who last week joined Birmingham on loan until the end of the season, said: 'The last six months of my life have been a nightmare.[LNB]'I found it hard training during the week at Portsmouth and not being involved in playing games. It was the lowest point of my career.[LNB]'Portsmouth had two offers for me, one from the French league and one from the Premier League. I refused to go because I thought I could get better than that.[LNB]'It might be because they were upset my contract is up at the end of the season and they wanted me the money.' [LNB]Harry Redknapp paid Charlton £2million pounds to bring Traore to the south coast in the summer of 2007 but the Mali international struggled to cement a first team place, making 15 appearances.[LNB]Birmingham are contributing just £100 pounds of Traore's bumper £25,000 pounds-a-week wages to take him to St Andrews.[LNB] Rangers and Celtic on alert as Pompey defender Hreidarsson sets his sights on Glasgow [LNB]Grant targets Portsmouth hotseat as hunt to replace Adams goes on [LNB]Former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega spurred on for Portsmouth bid [LNB]PORTSMOUTH FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB] [LNB]
