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Portsmouth fail to meet a promise to pay players' wages
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Portsmouth have again failed to meet a promise to pay players their December wages, report BBC Radio Solent.
Having promised to clear the debt on Tuesday, Pompey officials then moved the deadline back to Wednesday, but a further delay has arisen. PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor is "confident" the wages will be paid by the end of the week, but warned that the long-term position needs resolving. And Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie hinted players may now be sold. "If the way to keep this club alive is to sell a couple of players again, we will have to do that - but it will be an owner's decision," said Storrie. "If you do not sell, then you could well be going into administration." Storrie also revealed that Portsmouth owner Ali al-Faraj had been unable to address Pompey's cashflow problems by organising new bank finance and bring on board new investment since his arrival in October. "The new owners have come in almost overnight and to be fair they have put a lot of money in the club," said Storrie. "They thought they were in a strong position to replace bank finance and bring in a major new investor that was going to come in and be involved. "But those two things have not happened and although they are working on doing that, time is catching up with them in terms of the debts and the money that is needed to run a Premier League football side." Storrie added that he did not believe the fans had been misled over al-Faraj's takeover. "I think deceived is a pretty harsh word to be honest, I don't think they've been that," Storrie told BBC Radio Solent. "The owners are working hard to find solutions and ways forward." With the club pondering whether to sell some of their most valuable players, Pompey is considering recalling striker David Nugent from his loan spell with Burnley. "We are thinking about this," said Pompey manager Avram Grant. "In the next few days we will know. It depends on many things. But it could happen." |
