davidman you obviously have not watched Diarra play on­ a regular basis. His high level of consistency is­ second to none and he will prove what a class player he­ is at Real. As for Barry, Carrick and Hargreaves. ­ Don't make me laugh. Barry has one foot,­ admittedly a very good one, Carrick is hardly setting­ the world on fire at United and is too inconsistent,­ while Hargreaves is injury prone. At the current time­ Diarra is better than all these players. In his­ position Diarra is world class. Whether he is worth­ £24 is open to debate, but if Real are prepared to pay­ it then maybe he is..Play up Pompey

Think about the £24 million Pompey & sell sell­ & sell!!

I don't know about his abilities in midfield, bu­ Diarra performed incredibly as a fullback in his few­ appearances for Chelsea. He played very very extremely­ well.

IF DIARRA IS AN ENGLISH PLAYER,THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD­ HAVE BEEN INNNUDATED WITH HIGH PRAISES FOR REAL MADRID­ BY NOW ESPECIALLY SKY NEWS AND BBC.BUT NOW,NO ONE SEE­ ANYTHING GOOD IN DIARRA AGAIN HAVING PLAYED FOR CHELSEA­ AND ARSENAL WITHIN TWO SEASONS.HOW MANY ENGLISH PLAYERS­ ARE PLAYING IN GERMANY,ITALY OR SPAIN?LAMPARD MISSED­ THE LIFE-TIME OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO INTER LAST TRANSFER­ MARKET.TELL ME WHO IS INTERESTED IN HIM AGAIN? NOT­ UNTIL ENGLISH PLAYERS EXPORT THEMSELVES TO BE­ EXPOSED-WORLD CUP MAY BE A JUST DREAM !!!

You guys make me laugh. Anyone who doubts the quality­ of Diarra hasn't seen him play, or at least not­ over the course of a few games. He is one of the best­ defensive midfielders I have seen in the premiership­ for a number of years and was the hub of­ Portsmouth's midfield. Look at how they've­ faltered since he has been injured. It's not so­ much been Harry leaving, but Diarra's absence that­ has contributed to Pompey's recent run of bad form.­ He will raise his game in a quality side and will prove­ to everyone that he is a player of international­ quality. Pompey are lucky to have an asset like him to­ sell in financially troubled times.

24million, you could buy a whole lot more midfield­ quality than 24 million for Diarra, sorry

For me, this is yet another wrong purchase!!Lassana­ Diarra ? I hope he proves me wrong!

Re: Davidman
Have to disagree with you, Carrick and­ Barry are not better midfielders and if you took off­ your Georges flag tinted glasses you might see how good­ Diara is. As for Hargreaves, he had a great world cup­ in 2006 and since then he spends more time with the­ physio than anywhere else.

If what this guy is saying is true, which i doubt it­ is, R Madrid are truly struggling to match the likes of­ barca, athletico, and valencia etg. We can all agree­ Diarra isnt worth the 24 million that is being put on­ his head by Pompey; However i reckon that being­ surrounded by good players will indeed - up his game to­ a point where he is worth the 24 million hes being­ bought for. Classic examples such as - Denilson,Ireland­ Frank Lampard himself.

OH BAD NEWS NOTT!!!

Real are short of midfield cover. When the other Diarra­ returns from injury this one will spend a lot of time­ on the bench.

hey,MR ANDY R or wateva u kal ur sef u dont tok to­ peole like dat on d net every one hs got s opinion so­ if ur upset bout wat pple tink of d english league pls­ grow up and learn how to swallow fool.

And I am just glad he went abroad, not to a rival Prem­ team...but glad mostly because ....Harry didn't­ poach him... why would he move to a bottom six club­ like Tittenham Larkspur?

Diarra is a fabulous defensive midfielder & the­ best player Pompey have had in his position for­ decades.Has had regular first team footie at Pompey,­ which was why he moved there.His skills helped Pompey­ win the F.A. Cup for the first time since 1939.
We may­ be on the slide, but we are Pompey, we are plucky !!

hey who gives a dam if they want to pay big money go­ for it pompey ,,,,,

Over the top I think! Think who you could buy with £24­ million! Torres, Young, Deco, etc.

So Diarra is better than every English player? I give­ you 3 that suggest otherwise in his position: Barry,­ Carrick, Hargreaves. You are telling me that if Diarra­ was English Capello would put him ahead of these 3 in­ the Defensive Midfield role for England? Moron.

The comments of mimimutanga echo the way many­ foreigners feel about us now.
Just look at Platini, he­ can't stand the fact that we have the best players­ in the best league!
because we are so hated, they get­ jelous that their 'little' teams can no longer­ compete with the real cream of Europe!!

Gerrard is a completely different player from the ones­ you mentioned mimimutanga!!!
Also i would like to see­ Italy,France and portugal beat england as easy as you­ make out!!
Thay may well have done before but i doubt­ they would find it that easy now!!
And the thing you­ said about english players playing for big teams is­ @#$% the reason hardley any english players play in the­ teams you mentioned is because they dont bother bidding­ for them as they know they wont get em!!