Portsmouth boss Tony Adams has ruled out a move for Real Madrid forward Javier Saviola despite his chairman Peter Storrie claiming this morning the club were in talks Argentinean.

Adams, though, insists he is not interested in Saviola - who has struggled for first-team football at the Bernabeu - and is adamant he has never shown a genuine desire to bring the 27-year-old to England.

"You need people that know the league and can come in and hit the ground running," Adams told Sky Sports News. "They take time, even very good players can take six months to a year to get to know the pace of the Premier League.

"So when I'm doing medicals and I am looking for players, I am looking for a certain fitness level."

And when it was suggested that Saviola did not meet those requirements, Adams added: "That is maybe why I am not taking him.

"I have not pursued it at all. I have looked at more than 150 players in the last two-and-a-half months since I have been in the job.

"Recruitment is important. The press maybe pick up on names and agents are out there supplying newspapers with names."

Adams has reiterated plans to add to his striking quartet of Peter Crouch, Kanu, David Nugent and John Utaka before the transfer window closes.

"I would like to do some more," he added. "I have got four strikers at the club. If I can find better than those four I will bring them into the club at the budget I have got."

Newcastle, meanwhile, have submitted an offer to Bolton for club captain Kevin Nolan, according to PA Sport.

Magpies boss Joe Kinnear is eager to bring new faces to St James' Park before the transfer window closes on Monday.

He has lost midfielder Joey Barton for the next eight weeks after the former Manchester City player fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in last night's defeat against his old club.

Nolan would fit the bill as a replacement for Barton, however it is not known whether Bolton are prepared to sell.