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Crouch passes Portsmouth medical
Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has completed a medical at Portsmouth and is expected to finalise his £11m move to Fratton Park on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old, who will link up with Pompey again six years after leaving, was praised for his contribution by Reds boss Rafael Benitez. "He is a good professional and we would have wanted him to stay," he said. "We offe
red him a new contract. But sometimes you have to understand the player. He wanted to play a lot more." The Spaniard added: "With Fernando Torres now first choice, that [playing more] was always going to be difficult. "I can understand Peter's situation. But he did very well for this club and we always supported him when people doubted the decision to bring him to Anfield." Crouch will team up with Jermain Defoe in a new-look Portsmouth attack next season. Liverpool are expected to initially receive in the region of £9m for Crouch, who joined the club from Southampton in July 2005 but only started nine Premier League games last term. Benitez initially said he would consider offers for Crouch in the region of £15m but has been forced to scale back his demands for a player with only a year left on his current contract.
Crouch has scored 40 goals in 135 appearances for Liverpool but has struggled to hold down a regular first-team place in recent times.
He was relegated behind Torres, who scored 33 goals for the Reds after signing from Atletico Madrid last summer. However, he was a popular figure with Liverpool fans and still managed to net 11 goals as he was mainly used as a substitute by Benitez. Crouch started his career as a trainee at Tottenham before moves to QPR, Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Norwich - where he had a spell on loan - Southampton and Liverpool.
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