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ANDY Powell is set to be offered the chance to make a fresh start to his rugby career by Saracens, writes Delme Parfitt.
The Vicarage Road club are set to swoop for the troubled Welsh international at a time when he is suspended by his present club Wasps following an altercation with football supporters in a London pub that left him needing 10 stitches to a head wound.
Former Blues player Powell had been in negotiations about staying at Wasps after an impressive season at No.8 for the former European champions.
But he’s now understood to be heading to Sarries, who provided sanctuary for Gavin Henson earlier this season after his prolonged self-imposed exile from the game.
The big-spending English side are backed by South African billionaire Johann Rupert and are one of the few top-flight English sides still willing to really push the boat out in terms of recruitment. Their current first team squad boasts a mammoth 48 professionals and, while they failed to make an impact in the Heineken Cup this season, finishing bottom of their pool, they have already secured a place in the Aviva Premiership play-offs.
For Powell, who has said how much he enjoys being based in London, Saracens would seem the perfect escape route from his troubles at Wasps.
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