Source: Daily_Mail
Lens hope for Aruna Dindane recall as legal battle with Portsmouth drags on
Aruna Dindane looks increasingly unlikely to return to Portsmouth after the Africa Cup of Nations, with Lens starting the process of finding another club for the Ivory Coast striker.[LNB]The French club are in serious dispute with Portsmouth and have lodged a complaint with FIFA because they claim to be owed £7million for Dindane and Nadir Belhadj.[LNB]Dindane, who came on as a substitute in Monday's goalless draw with Burkina Faso, signed a one-season loan deal at Fratton Park in August, with a clause in the agreement to trigger a permanent £4m transfer after 11 appearances. [LNB] Life through a Lens: We may have seen the last of Aruna Dindane (centre) in a Portsmouth shirt[LNB]On the eve of his 11th game, Portsmouth renegotiated to defer payments and Dindane has gone on to play 14 times for the club, scoring five goals, before joining the Ivory Coast in Angola. [LNB]Portsmouth insist Dindane will stay until his loan deal is up at the end of the season but Lens have yet to receive a payment and believe the law is on their side if they want to recall Dindane and strike a deal with another club.[LNB]They have already taken Chelsea to FIFA over the illegal recruitment of teenager Gael Kakuta. [LNB]Like Portsmouth, Lens are desperately short of money and agents have started to sound out other potential takers for Dindane. He has not played for Lens this season and is therefore eligible for another club, unlike Jamie O'Hara.[LNB]O'Hara has played for both Tottenham and Portsmouth this season and FIFA's rules say a player can register for three clubs in one season but only play in 'official matches' for two. [LNB] End: O'Hara is likely to return to Spurs when his loan spell ends this week[LNB]There are exceptions for transfers between clubs with overlapping seasons but O'Hara's only option seems to be a return to Tottenham.[LNB]His loan ends this week and will not be extended unless the Premier League lift Portsmouth's transfer embargo, which has been in place since October. It will not be lifted until the club prove their accounts are in order.[LNB]All Premier League clubs will receive £7m today from the central funding from the pot which includes television money but Portsmouth's share will be held back and used to pay some of the money they owe to other English clubs. [LNB]Portsmouth are at Coventry on Tuesday in an FA Cup third-round replay and England goalkeeper David James is back in the squad after recovering from a calf injury. James has played just once in the last two months.[LNB] Hard-up Pompey play hardball with Man City over £14m-rated KaboulPortsmouth executive director calls for fans to lay off owner Ali Al FarajCrisis club Portsmouth still waiting for owner Ali Al Faraj to show his faceALL THE PORTSMOUTH FC
