Pompey seal Baros loan deal

HARRY REDKNAPP celebrated the luck all teams need to win the FA Cup by signing Czech Republic striker Milan Baros on loan from Lyon last night to bolster his crumbling Premier League strike-force.

Former Liverpool and Aston Villa star Baros, 26, will take the place of injured David Nugent against champions Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday after passing a medical at the club’s training ground yesterday morning.

With €9million buy Nugent possibly facing a hernia operation after being substituted at half-time in Saturday’s lucky fourth round cup win over battling Plymouth, Baros has a great chance to turn his temporary move - which lasts until the end of the season - into a permanent signing.