Muntari set for £12.7m Inter move

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  1. CelticKing

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    Muntari set for £12.7m Inter move

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    Muntari joined Pompey from Udinese for £7m in May 2007

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is expected to complete a £12.7m move to Inter Milan on Thursday.

    The 23-year-old Ghana international has agreed a four-year contract with the Italian champions.

    The signing suggests that Inter boss Jose Mourinho has given up hope of signing Frank Lampard this summer.

    Mourinho had been desperate to land an attacking central midfielder - Lampard was his first choice, with Muntari regarded as the best alternative.

    Portsmouth signed Muntari from Udinese for £7m in May 2007 and he was an ever-present in their first team last season, scoring seven goals.

    Last week Pompey boss Harry Redknapp said he was very reluctant to allow the Ghana international to leave Fratton Park.

    "We haven't spoken to anybody and I don't want to sell Sulley anyway," he said.

    "He's a top player. We don't have to let anyone leave and we definitely don't want to. (He is) going nowhere, nowhere at all."

    But the lure of playing for the Italian champions in the Champions League, under the guidance of Mourinho, was too much for Muntari to resist.

    Mourinho will now hope to sign Lampard when his Chelsea contract expires next summer.</div>
     
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    Good pick up. Mourinho knows him from his days at Chelsea and he knows the Serie A from his days with Udinese.
     
  3. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    I foresaw this.
     
  4. man_u_barmy_army

    man_u_barmy_army DYC Legend +Young Prodigy

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    He would be a great signing, he has gone a long way since his udinese days. But would he go back into the same harmony with serie A as he did with the prem form wise?
     
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    He reminds me of Viera... Very good signing imo.
     
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    We should have put a bid in for him.
     
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    They were waiting for enough funds for barry after keane. Nice to see you again ricky.
     

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