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Pompey sign Theofanis Gekas on loan

The name may not be familar, but the Greek was top scorer in the Bundesliga a couple of seasons back, and he arrives with quite a record, he has the topped the Greek scoring charts with Panathinaikos, and is current second top score in the Bundesliga.

Coach Skibbe obviously doesn't get on with him though, as although he is Laverkusen's top scorer he has been on the bench in recent weeks, and now of course he has been given the job to fire Pompey to safety.

Gekas will wear number 29 for Pompey, and stands at 5'10 and a half inches, he is aged 28 and has scored 12 goals in 35 matches for his country.

Gekas may not have a name such as Saviola, but I reckon he will have a hunger to succeed, and with a goal every other game record may just be what Tony Adams has been searching for since Defoe quit on him.

Adams told Pompeys official site Tony Adams believes that Gekas can adapt to life in the Premier League straight away.

He said: "His goalscoring record is fantastic and he's always looking to score goals.

"He's always on the shoulder of the last defender, he looks to get in behind the defence and he's got a great eye for goal. Hopefully that will continue with Pompey.

"He plays for the Greek national team and recently came on against Italy and scored.

"A couple of years ago he was the highest scorer in the Bundesliga. The Bundelsiga is a fantastic league, so that's not an easy feat.

"I think that he's really keen to come to the Premier League and get some goals for us.

"He's a player that I think can come in and do well straight away. He's certainly hungry to do well and hopefully he can hit the ground running.

"I think he's got the right attitude and mentality to come in and do well right from the start.

"I'm surprised that he hasn't played as much for Leverkusen this season but he's still been useful for them. He's only played 108 minutes for them in the league and he's scored two goals."

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Writer: paultsmouth

Date:Sunday February 1 2009

Time: 9:26PM

Your Comments

As someone with the odd drop of greek blood via great great grandad i say welcome to Theo! Get yourself a sackful of goals, mate!

hammersmithblue

As long he is better Skippy a few years back we could be onto a winner!

paultsmouth

Last throw of the dice. If this don't work we are in deep do do. It will be a horrible summer for us & our loved ones if we fck up!

storagematt

nice picture paultsmouth... is it of him?

pompeycarpet

my god WHATS WRONG WITH DAVID NUGENT this is just a slap in the face to him if anything we need a new centre back pff

pompeym@

If the pic is of him, we should be worried!! Other than that, sounds very good!! Another?? Good signing from TA. Is it enough or too little too late for tony though?

MFFP

well contrary to popular perception i felt Skippy was ok- although i did'nt see much of him to be honest. Now the goalie was another kettle of fish altogther. welcome Thoe. I dont know ay greek really apart form when ive studied the new testament, but "Theo" i know means "God" hence Theology etc so hopefully he can forge a miracle

plymouth graham

Picture was just to cheer everyone up, he looks like the lead guitarist from Red hot Chilli peppers

paultsmouth

Matt - My summer will be wonderful even if we do ***** up.. Would you have been happy if we had signed Torres ? .. Sorry mate but nothing is gonna make you happy it seems.. You wanted a striker we got one.. His record looks good and although (in fairness) last minute deals do smack of desperation this fellas has only been on the market for three days...I think we have done well to get him .. see below

30 January 2009
Bayer to sell Gekas
Sky Sports
Theofanis Gekas looks set to leave Bayer Leverkusen, and a host of Premier League clubs are said to be interested. Spanish side Espanyol are leading the chase for the Greek international but there is also interest from England. Stoke, Portsmouth and Sunderland are all believed to be keeping tabs on the 28-year-old, who is set to leave Bayer before Monday's window closes. Gekas joined Leverkusen in 2007, but he is now set to be sold in order to make room for Eren Dergiyok - who is to join from FC Basel. "We have received an offer from Espanyol. Yet we have no agreement over the transfer fee, but this might still happen. I am not discussing figures publicly," said Bayer director Wolfgang Holzhauser.

As for Nugent ..yeah he must be low but he has known since before Xmas that we were in the market for a new striker.. I still think Nuge has a big part to play though..

Chix

agree, think that nugent still has a role to play - i cannot see theo coming straight into the side, he will start from the bench and if he impresses then he gets into the side. nugent will start against the bin dippers, sadly i can only see it being as wide right as pennant cannot play...

pompeyrug

as far as theo himself goes, i do not know much, infact anything about him but then again does that mean much?
'star names' are not always the answer are they, it is because of alot of these star names - signed when we could not afford them on inflated wages - that we are in the position we are!
in all honesty not the name i was hoping for, but he cannot be written off until he has been given a chance, 'if' he does the business to save us who is going to care that no one knows who he is...

pompeyrug

It could work to fire up Nuge, Crouch, Kanu and Utaka to perform better in training and on the pitch.

stillthewhizz

cheered me up paultsmouth! he sounds like a pretty decent player, hopefully he can get us goals. I hope he has good acceleration cause thats what we really need, someone to run of the Crouch headers and bang em in

nodster

Good point Whizz ... Never mind the unheard of bit fellas ... Had anybody heard of Benjani befor we signed him ?.. At least we know this guys first and second names .... but isn't he the bloke from Dragon Den ?

Chix

If he did look like the picture we would fill the ground, & Paul it is topical as it is Superbowl tonight.

pompeyyong

Paul, I thought he looked like Phil Daniels the Eastenders and Quadraphenia actor.

pentonpompey

i never said it wasn't a good signing or that i wasn't happy about it but i really do think its harsh on nuge the guys done nothing but work his socks off and what does TA do, he replaces the 2 postions he has played him in thats just bull **** we should be building confidence in our players not knocking em down. and i still think if there is the slightest chance of getting another center back we should and let sol go hes a huge earner and imo its a waste of money atm oh and thanks for the rather agressive reply but i don't think i've once said we need a striker yes i was happy at saviola talk but who wasn't and i'm just as happy with this guy but imo we have other areas which need more urgent attention

pompeym@

Linked with Gekas before Euro 2008, he wasn't xactly amazing, but a lona is better than nothing. And let's hope he is cover for Nuge, and perhaps there is more to come! Johnson + Sturridge or Benji to come in!

jbaker

Has the bird in the picture been signed aswell:) Hope so, stunna!

pompey4me

It's never a dull moment when you've got a 'bubble' in the side!

Et_tu_Pompeii

mmm...

harrissman

gekas is clearly 1) better than saviola, 2) proven premiership experience, 3) match fit having played 108 minutes this season .... and more importantly 4) cheaper than saviola! well done pompey, contradiction . com

pompey--pessimist

Hope he fits the bill. Greek players have a poor history at Fratton. Looks like Nugent will never get a chance.

eastneydave

Why!? We sign this fella who has 118mins of football or somethin under his belt this season, and isnt exactly quality... but yet we dont sign saviola! CRAZY! Hes much better! anyway, if liverpool apparently want saviola, kinda shows he is pretty damn good!

PompeyFCUK

hes been in relagation scraps before and come up on top. In fact, he ended up leading scorer!

nodster

we didn't sign saviola becuase he didn't want to come... I think

pompeycarpet

Saviola is hoping to go to Liverpool if keane returns to London, the new guy has to be worth a punt, as someone stated earlier i also had never heard of Benjy before he arrived. Lets hope he comes and gives it a go, better than bloody Harewood anyway!!

Owenspompey

He sounds promising, lets hope it turns out. Nuge deserves a run in the side after scoring again on Saturday - but we do need more cover, and competition for places is never a bad thing. While I was s*******ing about Defoe's foot injury, it dawned on me, what if something happens to Crouchie? At least now there's no panic.

tracyc

Two years ago he was the leading scorer of Budesliga with a somewhat small German Club. I believe he can help you lots in scoring.

AEK_Athens

Why did that word get censored? Whats wrong with 's n i g g e r i n g'? Oh - maybe I see what the computer picked up, but that's not the word I used. Hope we never draw S ******** horpe in the cup - we'd never get that word through!

tracyc

is that s*******ing s****horpe Tracy ?

Chix

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