Post by QPR Report on Apr 24, 2010 8:36:59 GMT
Guardian
Portsmouth administrator 'offers players for sale' before FA Cup final• Reports of players offered to other clubs by fax
• Avram Grant, manager, says club 'treated unfairly'
Martin Pengelly
The administrator of Portsmouth Football Club, Andrew Andronikou, has put the club's first-team squad up for sale via a fax message which has been sent to other clubs, it was reported last night. Portsmouth, who play Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley in three weeks' time, said this week that their net debt was £108.6m. Andronikou has said previously that he wants to sell between eight and 10 first-team players this summer.
The Daily Mirror said that Andronikou, of the accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, had asked Icon Sports Management to sell the club's players and that a fax detailing asking prices had been sent out. The midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng was the most expensive player, the newspaper said, at £5m. Marc Wilson was valued at £4m, as was the Algeria winger Nadir Belhadj.
The Israel defender Tal Ben Haim, who arrived at Portsmouth on a free transfer, was being offered for sale for £3m. John Utaka and David Nugent were also on offer for £3m and Tommy Smith for £2m. Michael Brown, Aaron Mokoena (another to have arrived at Fratton Park on a free transfer) and Hayden Mullins were on offer for £1m. The England goalkeeper David James was one of a group of players listed as being available for a free transfer.
Portsmouth had nine points deducted as a result of going into administration and their relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 10 April, the day before they reached the FA Cup final, their second in three years, with a 2-0 extra-time win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. It was confirmed this week that Portsmouth will not be able to take up the Europa League place for next season that the Cup final would have earned them, as their financial difficulties will not allow them to apply for the necessary Uefa licence.
Portsmouth's manager, Avram Grant, said yesterday that the club had "been treated unfairly".
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/24/portsmouth-players-for-sale-andrew-andronikou
Portsmouth administrator 'offers players for sale' before FA Cup final• Reports of players offered to other clubs by fax
• Avram Grant, manager, says club 'treated unfairly'
Martin Pengelly
The administrator of Portsmouth Football Club, Andrew Andronikou, has put the club's first-team squad up for sale via a fax message which has been sent to other clubs, it was reported last night. Portsmouth, who play Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley in three weeks' time, said this week that their net debt was £108.6m. Andronikou has said previously that he wants to sell between eight and 10 first-team players this summer.
The Daily Mirror said that Andronikou, of the accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, had asked Icon Sports Management to sell the club's players and that a fax detailing asking prices had been sent out. The midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng was the most expensive player, the newspaper said, at £5m. Marc Wilson was valued at £4m, as was the Algeria winger Nadir Belhadj.
The Israel defender Tal Ben Haim, who arrived at Portsmouth on a free transfer, was being offered for sale for £3m. John Utaka and David Nugent were also on offer for £3m and Tommy Smith for £2m. Michael Brown, Aaron Mokoena (another to have arrived at Fratton Park on a free transfer) and Hayden Mullins were on offer for £1m. The England goalkeeper David James was one of a group of players listed as being available for a free transfer.
Portsmouth had nine points deducted as a result of going into administration and their relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 10 April, the day before they reached the FA Cup final, their second in three years, with a 2-0 extra-time win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. It was confirmed this week that Portsmouth will not be able to take up the Europa League place for next season that the Cup final would have earned them, as their financial difficulties will not allow them to apply for the necessary Uefa licence.
Portsmouth's manager, Avram Grant, said yesterday that the club had "been treated unfairly".
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/24/portsmouth-players-for-sale-andrew-andronikou