Anelka reveals Portsmouth interest

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2006

PARIS (AFP) — French striker Nicolas Anelka has revealed that he has been offered the chance to join English Premiership club Portsmouth.

Fenerbahce star Anelka, is keen to leave the Turkish side and he claimed Portsmouth had made an offer of around 12 million euros.

The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player also told L'Equipe that Bolton and Blackburn are interested in signing him.

Anelka said on Wednesday: "In Portsmouth I talked with their manager Harry Redknapp, who knows me well. If I had to join a club like Portsmouth, I would go there with the aim of giving my best.

"This is the same for Bolton or Blackburn, whose managers have also contacted me. But Portsmouth are the only club to have made an offer for me.

"Fenerbahce would like to...