Avram blasts Pompey 'liars' insisting: I'm only here for the players and fans

09 March 2010 10:42
Avram Grant has branded the Portsmouth board liars and insisted he is only staying at Fratton Park because of the fans and the players. [LNB]Grant has led the cash-strapped club, who face a nine-point deduction and relegation after falling into administration, to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. [LNB]But the Israeli admitted he should have left the south coast in January. [LNB] Cup cracker: Grant celebrates beating Birmingham in the FA Cup quarter-finals[LNB]'You don't need a big imagination to see we would have at least 10 more points if the club had kept even 50 per cent of its promises to me,' he told The Sun. [LNB]'When I came, I said there were two or three things we needed to do. But then other things happened and we didn't do what we'd agreed. [LNB]'I said we needed to sign three of four more players in January but it turned out the club wanted to sell four players. [LNB] Wembley here we come: Frederic Piquionne dumped Birmingham on Saturday[LNB]'Maybe it was a joke I didn't understand. But I came here to be a football manager and I haven't been able to do my job. [LNB]'It would have been very easy for me to leave in January. I only stayed because of the fans and the players. [LNB]'Football is not just about points. It's about passion and emotions. Sometimes you take decisions from the heart. My heart told me to stay.'  [LNB] Looks like end of Storrie as Pompey administrator looks set to cut jobsIt'll be emotional! Prospect of Pompey Cup semi moves Spurs star Kranjcar THE 2009/10 managerial merry-go-round: Axed Hereford boss John Trewick becomes 32nd exit of the seasonGrant relishes Redknapp showdown... but O'Hara says he hopes Spurs lose!PORTSMOUTH FC

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