Portsmouth midfielder Pedro Mendes for £3m?

As a Pompey fan I would hate to see him go, especially for as low as £3million. Saying that he just isn't playing, while we trust Harry most fans I know are surprised by this.

Saying that the way we've been playing, 4-5-1ish with powerful midfielders such as Muntari, Mendes just doesn't fit, however with the big teams out the way I expect we will go back to 4-4-2 and I expect to see Pedro in the first team again.

If Villa to snatch him though you will be getting a cracking player, think Spurs fans still want him back.

If this were to be true, I would expect either Osbourne to go on loan or someone else to be shipped out, like a certain sulky Bulgarian who hasn't lived up to the hype or his potential, because you would not imagine a player like pedro mendes would come to the villa to be backup to the first team, with him being late twenties.

I think for £3M this would be a good move. He would add experience for our young squad and is pretty skillful.

I think if we are doing well in January we will be able to convince a few more high profile players and if we do get UEFA cup we will almost certainly be able to add alot of quality to the squad.

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This would be a good buy bearing in mind that it is probably Patrik Berger's last season.Also i am suprised he has only played two games for pompey so far this season, but i think a lot of flair players at a lot of clubs arnt getting to many games this season with managers prefering to keep it tight with more solid steady type players, i think its becouse a lot of teams are expecting to make it into europe.

A definate good move from Martin as he would definately add some younger experience our younger squad as the_flabster said.

I don't know if he would be a good buy. I still have a lot of faith in Petrov and in many respects i believe petrov to be a better all round player. osbourne showed some decent leadership skills last season and I wouldn't like to see him get the boot. Mendes- under achiever or a bad settler?

I like him and for 3million if the story is true is a bargin scores some crackin goals even if he is going to be on the bench its a good signin because we lack those sort of players that can come on and change a game

as another pompey fan i agree with jenni. he's a player that can turn a match. remember the goal he scored against man city and kept pompey in the prem league. if he goes i'll we'll miss him.

would be a very shrewd bit of business! I for one hope it goes through, and maybe some one will take Petrov off our hands for 6.75m!!!!!!

another average plyar! if we want to get into europe we need i good striker. look at bolton and everton they've got a quality striker each with anelka and yakubu. are top goalscorer is are super-sub maloney!e on o'neil buy i natural goalscorer like Robbie Keane instead of forking out money on players we don't need.

pedro mends is 10 times better then any aston villa player

Personally I would LOVE to see Mendes come to Villa, sure he's not a young pacey Brit, but I think MON can stray from the normal formula a bit. Pedro would be a big fan favorite, and maybe if Barry does go to Chelsea like the rumours suggest then he'll look even better to Mr O'Neill cos I doubt he'd be able to replace him with some fancy £15m big-name midfielder anyway ...

Pedro Mendes? I Say Go 4 It! He's A Quality Midfielder. We Also Need A Striker, I Think Robbie Keane And Shevchenko Are Realistic Targets.

Interestingly this rumour has resurfaced, back in January I wasnt convinced it would happen, however I can almost see it happening as long as he got more first team football than he did at Pompey.