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Is it too soon to sell Nugent?

With Pompey trying to offload several fringe players to lower the wage bill, striker David Nugent seems to be an ideal choice to let leave Fratton Park, however would selling him on the cheap really be in our best interests?

Several clubs have been sniffing around Nugent for a while, a loan to Ipswich was agreed and fell through earlier in the year, today I've seen rumours that West Brom and Wigan are interested in the England striker.

Its fairly clear that Nugent wont play much this season at Pompey if he stays, Crouch and Defoe will be our strike team with Kanu as backup, we've brought in Chelsea striker Ben Sahar on loan for the season and I would imagine Nugent would be behind him in the pecking order.

He would normally get a few run outs in the early cup rounds, but since our first Carling Cup game is against Chelsea I can't see us using him then, I certainly cant see us using him in the UFEA Cup, he may get into the squad if we are playing one of the teams in and around the drop zone to

I still believe that Nugent can become a Premier League striker so isn't he better he stays with us? Perhaps to replace Kanu as chief bench warmer next season? I say loan him out to a Premier League side let us see what he is really made of if he is as big a flop where ever he goes we can let him go on the cheap next year, if he's a success we get a Premier League ready striker for next season.

So should we loan him out or just sell him and make as much money as we can back?

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