Eyebrows were raised when Pompey made Little their first summer signing of 2008, but Harry doesn't make bad signings. Well, not many...
A summer capture from Reading, the acquisition of the veteran right-winger may have surprised some, but such is Harry Redknapp’s transfer-market 'nous', who would question it?
Little, who loves to take opponents on before delivering teasing crosses, was a huge hit during eight years with Burnley before moving back to his native south to link up with Steve Coppell’s Royals.
Ironically, Coppell had released him as a teenager with Crystal Palace, but Little proved a mainstay of Reading’s Championship-winning side in 2005/06 side.
Although he missed a large part of the 2007/08 campaign with injuries, the rejuvenating south-coast air and the hand of Redknapp could prove a tonic.