Pompey sign Greek duo but Dos Santos deal off

By Gregg Davies
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Portsmouth have completed the double Greek signing Angelos Basinas from AEK Athens and Theofanis Gekas from Bayer Leverkusen, however a deal for Tottenham's Giovani Dos Santos is off.

33-year-old Greece international Basinas has signed an 18-month deal at Fratton Park, with Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie saying:

“We’ve brought in someone of immense experience, the current captain of Greece who is just three games away from winning his 100th cap for his country.

“He’s exactly what we need in the situation that we’re in. He’s a player that Tony [Adams]was eager to bring to Pompey. He desperately wanted to come here and we have an option to sign him for a further year on top of the 18 months.”

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Gregg Davies
Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.