Manager Harry Redknapp honoured an agreement to give Kanu a deal after he made more than 20 senior appearances last season.[>
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But now the striker is away on international duty with Nigeria, and is not expected back until June.[>
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Kanu, who scored the Wembley winner against Cardiff, has already played in a friendly against Austria and a World Cup qualifier against South Africa. Now he is set to figure in games againstSierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea twice.[>
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Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie does not anticipate any hitches even though Kanu has been linked with Sydney FC. [>
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Storrie said: “As far as I’m aware there are no problems with the contract and Kanu will sign it. Considering his international schedule I do not think it’ll happen before pre-season.”[>