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Portsmouth given all-clear to re-sign Middlesbrough's O'Neil

Middlesbrough midfielder Gary O'Neil is set to rejoin Portsmouth.

The Daily Mail says Boro boss Gareth Southgate is reluctantly sanctioning O'Neil's request for a return to Portsmouth in the New Year.

Homesick O'Neil is anxious to seal a move back to the south coast and is seen by Portsmouth manager Tony Adams as a ready-made replacement for Lassana Diarra, following his £20million move to Real Madrid.

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