D'Alessandro on loan to Portsmouth (1 Feb 2006 17:44 GMT)
Argentina international midfielder Andres D'Alessandro is joining English Premiership side Portsmouth on loan from German Bundesliga strugglers VfL Wolfsburg, the Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung said.
The 24-year-old D'Alessandro was dropped last week by Wolfsburg's new coach Klaus Augenthaler who accused him of lacking motivation during club training for the resumption of the season after the winter break.
The player had already drawn the ire of supporters earlier in the month when he said he wanted to leave the club.
D'Alessandro joined Wolfsburg in July 2003 for 9.5 million euros, moving from the Buenos Aires side of River Plate. That was a club record transer fee and the contract was to have tied him to the club until 2008.
source : AFP