Boateng makes Pompey switch

TOTTENHAM midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is on his way to Portsmouth as Harry Redknapp began showing the exit door to some of his superfluous stars.

The German has struggled to hold down a first team place at White Hart Lane since joining the London club in 2007 and the clubs have agreed a fee of around £4m, although the deal has still to be finalised.

Spurs midfielder Jamie O’Hara is also joining Redknapp’s former club on the south-coast in a loan deal until January. With Pascal Chimbonda having joined Blackburn for £3m, Redknapp has pruned his Premier League table-topping squad and admits he is unlikely to bring in any more players while insisting he wants to keep Roman Pavlyuchenko who has been linked with Spartak Moscow.