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O'Neil bid refused by Boro
8th January 2009
Middlesbrough have turned down a bid of £4.5million from Portsmouth for midfielder Gary O'Neil, the south coast club have announced.
The 25-year-old moved to the Riverside from Portsmouth in August 2007 after making almost 200 appearances for the Fratton Park club.
O'Neil, a former England Under-21 captain, has been linked with a return to the south coast and Pompey executive chairman Peter Storrie told the club's official website: "We made what we thought to be a good offer for Gary but unfortunately it was declined and we will not be increasing our bid.
"Gary is a player that (manager) Tony (Adams) and the team know well having been here since he was a youngster.
"He would have been a good addition to the squad."
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UPCOMING FIXTURES
| 3:00, Sat 10th Jan | ||
| Portsmouth | v | Man City |
| 4:00, Sun 18th Jan | ||
| Tottenham | v | Portsmouth |
| 8:00, Tue 27th Jan | ||
| Portsmouth | v | Aston Villa |
| 3:00, Sat 31st Jan | ||
| Fulham | v | Portsmouth |
| 5:30, Sat 7th Feb | ||
| Portsmouth | v | Liverpool |
RECENT RESULTS
| 2:00, Sun 28th Dec | ||||
| Arsenal | 1 | v | 0 | Portsmouth |
| 1:00, Fri 26th Dec | ||||
| Portsmouth | 1 | v | 4 | West Ham |
| 3:00, Sat 20th Dec | ||||
| Bolton | 2 | v | 1 | Portsmouth |
| 1:30, Sun 14th Dec | ||||
| Portsmouth | 0 | v | 3 | Newcastle |
| 3:00, Sun 7th Dec | ||||
| West Brom | 1 | v | 1 | Portsmouth |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | David James |
| 3 | Younes Kaboul |
| 4 | Lauren |
| 5 | Glen Johnson |
| 6 | Diarra Lass |
| 7 | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| 8 | Papa Bouba Diop |
| 9 | Peter Crouch |
| 10 | David Nugent |
| 11 | Jerome Thomas |
| 14 | Jermain Defoe |
| 15 | Sylvain Distin |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 16 | Noe Pamarot |
| 17 | John Utaka |
| 18 | Arnold Mvuemba |
| 19 | Niko Kranjcar |
| 20 | Martin Cranie |
| 21 | Jamie Ashdown |
| 22 | Richard Hughes |
| 23 | Sol Campbell |
| 25 | Glen Little |
| 26 | Ben Sahar |
| 27 | Nwankwo Kanu |
| 28 | Sean Davis |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 30 | Armand Traore |
| 30 | Pedro Mendes |
| 31 | Asmir Begovic |
| 32 | Djimi Traore |
| 35 | Marc Wilson |
| 39 | Nadir Belhadj |
| 40 | Daniel Bogard |
| 41 | Max Carter |
| 43 | Joe Collins |
| 45 | Martin Ellis |
| 46 | Marlon Pack |
| 47 | Perry Ryan |
| 48 | Ryan Woodford |
| Other Players | |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Jordan | |
| Tom Kilbey |
