Nugent makes Pompey switch

Portsmouth have completed the signing of striker David Nugent after he passed a medical and Preston accepted a fee thought to be £6m.

Portsmouth have completed the signing of striker David Nugent after he passed a medical and Preston accepted a fee thought to be £6m.

Nugent made the switch after another round of talks with Redknapp, having initially asked for more time to consider his options last week and he will be unveiled at a 5pm press conference at Fratton Park today.

Redknapp told Sky Sports last night: “I am delighted to get him and I’ll be even more delighted if he can get into double figures with his goals for us this season.

“The days of strikers scoring 40-odd goals in a season like Clive Allen are long gone and so we are putting no pressure on David but every time I have seen him play he has done well.

“I think it gives a sign of how far we’ve come. We’ve signed Sylvain Distin, Hermann Hreidarsson, Muntari and now Nugent this summer. We are full of quality.”

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