Portsmouth move to re-sign Middlesbrough's O'Neil

Portsmouth want to bring Gary O'Neil back from Middlesbrough.

The Mirror says O'Neil is poised to return to Portsmouth from Middlesbrough in the wake of Lassana Diarra's shock £20million switch to Real Madrid.

Boro have started talks with Pompey over a £5m deal for the midfielder who has failed to settle on Teesside.

And Boro boss Gareth Southgate is willing to offload the ex-Pompey trainee to raise transfer funds.