Pompey to keep Todorov
07 Apr 2007 - 12:25:11
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is hoping to keep Svetoslav Todorov at Fratton Park by offering the Bulgarian striker a new contract.
Todorov, 28, is out of contract at the end of the season and his Pompey days had looked numbered when he was loaned out to Wigan Athletic for four months earlier in the campaign.
But the former West Ham forward has recovered from knee ligament damage and impressed Redknapp in his first appearance in three months during last week's 1-1 draw with Fulham.
"I've told Toddy I want to keep him here next season and I've asked chief executive Peter Storrie to offer him a new contract," claimed Redknapp.
"He's a smashing boy, a good player who can nick a goal for you, but I wouldn't say he's been unfortunate here.
"He was unlucky to get the injury but the club has stuck by him and he's been injured again a few times since he came back from Wigan, who had the option to keep him.
"But he has worked hard and is twice as strong as the boy I had at West Ham."