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Pompey confirm Johnson signing
As a lot of people expected Portsmoth have today confirmed the signing of English right back Glen Johnson for £3million.
Johnson who was on loan at Portsmouth last season making 26 appearances decided to return to Chelsea in search of first team football there however after signing Juliano Belletti the player has been told he could leave Stamford Bridge.
Comments on our original story on this a few days were fairly negative and quite a few fans thought this signing would not be worth while.
Harry obviously sees potential, lets hope he's right.
Johnson said on the deal "It's a fantastic move for me. "Portsmouth's a fantastic club with a lot of nice people. I learnt that when I was here last season.
"So it was an easy decision to make. It feels like I've never been away.
"The fact that I played here last season was a massive factor in my decision - I knew what the club was like.
"Harry Redknapp was a massive factor, too.
"I had to think about the move a bit, it's nice to have interest from other clubs.
"But deep down I knew where I wanted to go, especially after the success we had last season, when I enjoyed it here."
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The first half of least season he was great but he lost his form and it never came back. Lauren and Cranie are better than him in my opinion, would have preferred Lassana Diarra. Lets hope he proves me wrong and has a good season, although I hope he is back up to Lauren. Does this signing mean the end for Gary O'Neil? Utaka and Lauren right mid, Johnson and Cranie right back...
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Now he's signed I'm glad he's back. He is quality and generally a good signing. Whether he will be first choice remains to be seen, but as others have commented else where it does free up Lauren to play midfield. Especially if the O'Neil rumours to Middlesborough are true.
Perhaps McClaren will call up a completely Pompey back 5 :-)
James
Johnson Primus Campbell Taylor
OK I'll stop dreaming now.