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Niemi leaves Portsmouth £450,000 better off

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 09:37

Antti Niemi leaves Portsmouth with his bank balance well boosted, it has been revealed.

The Sun says Niemi has been axed by Portsmouth after earning £14,000 a week for playing in two reserve games and sitting on the bench for one Premier League match.

The Finn, 37, who collected £450,000 in wages after signing in August, was third choice behind David James and Jamie Ashdown.

Administrator Andrew Andronikou had already cut 85 non-playing jobs and is now looking at Avram Grant's squad.

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