Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Crouch Wanted By Sven Goran Eriksson


Sven-Goran Eriksson has added England duo Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe to the growing list of strikers he would like at Manchester City.

The Swede, who will take over at Eastlands once Thaksin Shinawatra completes his takeover, will have a £50million transfer kitty to play with and has made strike reinforcements his top priority.

Middlesbrough forward Yakubu and former City man Nicolas Anelka are already on Eriksson's reported list of targets and they have now been joined by Crouch and Defoe, according to the Manchester Evening News.

Defoe is widely expected to leave Tottenham before the start of the season, with Sunderland, Aston Villa and Portsmouth among the clubs linked with a move.

However Eriksson's involvement with the 24-year-old at international level could work in his favour if he launches a bid soon.

Meanwhile Crouch is likely to be down the pecking order at Anfield following the signing of Andriy Voronin and the imminent arrival of Fernando Torres.

It is believed Rafa Benitez would prefer to keep hold of Crouch and ship out Craig Bellamy, but the Reds would certainly consider offers for the beanpole striker.

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