Source: SKY_Sports
Hart ponders permanent role
Paul Hart will decide within the next few weeks whether to take on a long-term managerial role at Portsmouth.
Hart, 56, is expected to be offered the job on a permanent basis after he steered the club to safety following Tony Adams' dismissal.
A return to full-time management would inevitably mean sacrificing his role as the club's academy director.
However, not yet offered the role on a permanent basis, Hart insists his position is unchanged as he prepares to take Portsmouth into their penultimate match against fellow strugglers Sunderland.
"As we speak, nothing has changed with my situation," he said.
"I would still hope to be here next season because I have two years left on my youth director contract but as for anything else we will just have to wait and see.
"I have enjoyed this (manager's) role but my wife Vicky didn't really want me to take it and I think it is fair to say that when I said yes to (Pompey executive chairman) Peter Storrie, I didn't really know what it entailed.
"At first it was to take training for only a few days and possibly be in charge for one match, but it has gone on from there.
"People can talk all they want but when it gets to this stage all I do is work from day to day and I've no idea of what might happen now."
Hart admitted his relief in steering Portsmouth to safety after taking over in a troubled spell at Fratton Park.
"It is a relief for everyone connected with the club that we are safe," he said.
"It means another season in the Premier League guaranteed and I'm not sure if some people realise how important that is.
"When you see big clubs like Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough fighting to stay up and listen to the soundbites coming out of those clubs, it paints the full picture.
"All I'm looking at now is to finish the season well. There is still positional money to play for, which is important, and we owe it to ourselves and to the supporters to end in style and finish as high as we can."
Chief executive Peter Storrie admitted that whoever takes on the role as manager at Portsmouth will face a stiff challenge next term.
Owner Alexandre Gaydamak has confirmed he is unable to invest more money and is looking to sell the club which means Portsmouth may be forced into selling a number of key players.
And with 15 players out of contract - including skipper Sol Campbell - the manager will likely be thrown into some difficult negotiations.
Storrie said: "Paul and Brian (Kidd) steadied the ship at a very difficult time when we were outside the bottom three only on goal difference and I'd personally like to thank them for their efforts.
"Team morale was very low when they came in but they took us on a good run and made us hard to beat at a time when it was just what we needed."
