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Duffy desperate to quit Portsmouth

Richard Duffy can't wait to end his Portsmouth hell.

The Welsh international has launched a tirade at Harry Redknapp after being ignored by the Blues boss.

Duffy has struggled to make the breakthrough at Fratton Park since joining from Swansea in 2004.

The 22-year-old, who is currently on loan at Coventry, insisted he can't wait to get away.

Duffy told The News: 'I can't afford another season like this one. I want to be out of Portsmouth as quickly as possible.

'I figured out a couple of years ago that it wasn't going to happen for me. Harry Redknapp just didn't even bother to speak to me.

'I used to go into training every morning and get ignored. I wasn't the only one, there were a few of us in that position.

'He had his players who he was going to play and that was the end of it. If you weren't one of them, you didn't count.

'The silent treatment was so hard to take. I would have rather he gave me a rollicking or something.

'I just didn't feel wanted there. I'd wake up some mornings and feel I didn't even want to go in.

'I'd never put Harry Redknapp down for the job he's done at Portsmouth, it is nothing short of fantastic.

'And I don't have any regrets about making the move there. I guess managers all have their own ways.

'You ask yourself, "have I done enough", but two games in four years - I wouldn't say that was a fair crack of the whip.

'Hopefully I will get a chance at Coventry.'

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