Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp was impressed by Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni in yesterday's 3-1 defeat.

Redknapp said: "Yakubu played very well, but that is why I brought him to this country, he's an excellent striker.

"But I didn't sell him, that was done by people after I had left the club.

"When I came back to Portsmouth he was gone and I had been left with some strikers who were not fit to clean his boots."