John Utaka is delighted fellow Nigerian Nwankwo Kanu has penned a new one-year contract with Portsmouth.

He told the Portsmouth News: "It's good that my friend has done this. I'm very happy to see him stay. It's very important he remains at Portsmouth. We know he is a very good player and he can turn a game around sometimes.

"He can do things. He can perform tricky things that can win you the match. You want players like that on your team. He's a very important player, I think everybody knows that. We have all seen what he can do. He won us the FA Cup.

"I'm delighted. We want to keep our best players and he is one of them."