Source: Team_Talk
Hughes heads Pompey final doubts
Portsmouth are facing a race against time to get a number of key men fit for the FA Cup final, with Richard Hughes most likely to miss out.[LNB] Midfielder Hughes was the latest Pompey player to suffer an injury setback - and was distraught as he hobbled out of Saturday's 3-1 victory over Wolves at Fratton Park with a hamstring problem which almost certainly rules him out of the trip to Wembley.[LNB]Striker Aruna Dindane (groin) and defensive midfielder Aaron Mokoena (calf) were also both replaced at half-time.[LNB]With just 12 days to go until the final against Chelsea, they join Tal Ben-Haim (groin), Marc Wilson (hamstring), Ricardo Rocha (thigh), Angelos Basinas (hamstring), Jamie O'Hara (back), Hassan Yebda (thigh) and Nadir Belhadj (hamstring) in a packed treatment room.[LNB]Scotland international Hughes, 30, was not selected for the 2008 FA Cup final squad, and now looks set to miss out on Wembley again.[LNB]"I am sorry for Richard, because in the last two months he has been very good for us," said Pompey boss Avram Grant.[LNB]"It is a shame. He always gives 100%."[LNB]O'Hara was ineligible to face his parent club Tottenham in the semi-final, but is in line to be fit for the final.[LNB]The midfielder was at Fratton Park to collect what was a clean sweep of Pompey's player-of-the-season awards.[LNB]While the 23-year-old is unlikely to be staying on to play for the club in the Championship, O'Hara feels his time on the south coast was well spent.[LNB]"This club has a place in my heart," O'Hara told the Portsmouth News.[LNB]"I will never forget the times I have had here.[LNB]"I have worked hard this season, everyone has been absolutely fantastic towards me and I have loved every minute of playing.[LNB]"It is something you want as a footballer, the adulation, and the fans to recognise how well you are doing.[LNB]"Personally, it is a great achievement to win all these awards.[LNB]"It's been amazing for me to come down here and play such a fantastic part and I am sure the club will be back in the Premier League soon."[LNB]Whether or not Grant remains in charge for that battle remains to be seen, as the Israeli - linked with a switch to West Ham - seeks assurances over the financial backing and whether they can come out of administration.[LNB]Cheshire-based property tycoon Rob Lloyd is fronting a consortium, with a formal bid reportedly planned ahead of the creditors' meeting at Fratton Park on Thursday.[LNB]However, Pompey's administrator Andrew Andronikou revealed talks had not made much progress.[LNB]"If nothing tangible has happened in two months, you start to have doubts about whether the offer is real or they have the ability to take it forward," Andronikou said.[LNB]"Until they say to us that they are stepping down or taking it forward, I have nothing further to add."
