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Pompey reject Kranjcar offer

17 Jul 2008 - 13:02:42

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Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp claims he has rejected a £12million bid from AS Monaco for Croatia international Niko Kranjcar.

The veteran Pompey manager says he is keen to keep his FA Cup winning squad intact even though reports also suggest Juventus want to sign Sulley Muntari.

Redknapp told the Portsmouth News: "Monaco have come in for Niko and offered around £12million for him. We wouldn't sell him and he didn't want to go anyway so that was the end of that one.

"No disrespect, but why would he want to go there anyway? They get 6,000 people watching them.

"You go there on a weekend and it's a unique experience, people aren't interested in the football. They all go out on the Saturday night and get dressed up for dinner, not to watch football.

"There's nothing with Sulley either, it's just paper talk about Juventus. We haven't spoken to anybody and I don't want to sell Sulley anyway. He's a top player - so is Niko.

"They're good young players. We don't have to let anyone leave and we definitely don't want to. They're going nowhere, nowhere at all."