Storrie: Benjani 'fell asleep' at airport

Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has revealed that Benjani Mwaruwari’s transfer to Manchester City failed to take place on transfer deadline day because the player fell asleep when he was supposed to be catching an aeroplane to the north-west.

The protracted deal, which City claimed had fallen through just after the January window closed at midnight last Thursday, was finally completed yesterday after the Zimbabwe international signed a two-and-a-half-year deal.