Kanu sets sights on Ajax return
Portsmouth's leading scorer Kanu has called for the club to allow
him to leave Fratton Park to join Ajax. The 30-year-old is the
club's top scorer with nine goals but is keen to make a return to
the Dutch club.
He told the Vanguard newspaper: "I want to go to Ajax. Portsmouth
should be grateful for what I have been able to do for them and
allow me to go." And boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he would not
stand in the way if defender Sol Campbell wanted to join
Chelsea.
Chelsea are facing a defensive crisis with John Terry out with a
back injury. And Redknapp said he would be powerless to prevent the
former Spurs and Arsenal centre-back Campbell, 32, from leaving if
he wanted to leave for Stamford Bridge.
He said: "You wouldn't want to lose him but if he said he wanted to
go what could you do? Not a lot really. "I hope Chelsea are not
interested in him. If I lose him I am in trouble."
Kanu's future is of a more pressing concern, with the former
Arsenal and West Brom forward keen to make a recreate the glory
days of the mid-1990s at Ajax. And he also hinted that Tottenham
midfielder Edgar Davids could join him in Amsterdam.
He said: "I have been talking to Edgar Davids and a couple of the
other guys who shaped Ajax in the mid-1990s and we believe we can
re-create the atmosphere if we return to play for the club.
"I am waiting for Ajax's offer. I have told Portsmouth I want to
leave. My mind is made up. I have great memories of Amsterdam and I
know great things can happen there if we return."