And the answer to the question we are all asking about our new 22 year old right back/centre-half is: Yes, he is on Facebook. And with over 1322 friends already the process of gunnerfication is already afoot.Portsmouth's number 20 has been capped by England Under 21s 16 times since 2007 and if it wasn't for those caps we would not be buying him. In that period he has made oly five appearances for Pompey according to their website or two according to wikipedia. He made his Premier League debut two years ago almost to the day in a 1-1 draw with Man Utd. According to the Sky Sports report he struggled with Nani. Not in the Wayne Rooney sense one hopes. His only other Premiership game for Pompey was three days later as an 82nd minute substitute in a 3-1 win against Bolton Wanderers.
After a Carling Cup game against Leeds he was then loaned out to QPR. The last of his 6 appearances for the Mighty Hoops was in our 2-1 victory at Loftus Road. As he was substituted after 20 minutes having been injured I didn't see him play, arriving as I did at half-time. He didn't play another club game all season, being returned crocked to Portsmouth.
In the first half of last season he was on loan to Charlton, his 19 games including our 2-1 victory at the Valley, witnessed by Craig. He made his final two Portsmouth appearances in the FA Cup this January and hasn't played club football since.
Having joined Pompey from Southampton (where he was lent to Yeovil and Bournemouth) he has 69 club apps including his professional debut in 03/04 in the top flight against Chelsea. Well ahead of Gunner there. Indeed we saw him whilst he was at Southampton as a last minute substitute in their 2-0 win over the Sky Blues at St Mary's. It's worth noting he was on loan to Yeovil at the same time Angie Best was. They were both in the Saints' FA Youth Cup Runners Up team in 2005. Then again so were Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale.
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