Source: Daily_Mail
Peter Storrie insists he wants to remain at Portsmouth despite his failed takeover bid
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has expressed his disappointment after a consortium he put together missed out on buying the Barclays Premier League club.
The Fratton Park club's sale by Sacha Gaydamak to Sulaiman Al Fahim finally went through this week after several months of uncertainty.
An announcement by Al Fahim yesterday that he had concluded the deal came after Storrie had worked to bring in another possible purchaser from Saudi Arabia.
Peter Storrie (front centre) with new owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim (front right)
The old and the new: Peter Storrie (front centre) with new owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim (front right) watching at a recent Portsmouth match
Storrie explained that he had put together an alternative deal in the full knowledge of the Fratton Park club's executive board.
'We were under the impression that on Wednesday morning we were going to sign and complete (the takeover),' Storrie said.
'Unbeknown to us, I now discover that Sulaiman got involved again on the Tuesday.'
Instead of completing a deal for the club with the consortium he had put together, Storrie was given bad news by Gaydamak.
'He told me that he had decided to sell the club to Sulaiman. It was a big shock and a big disappointment,' added Storrie.
Despite the setback Storrie claimed he wanted to remain in his current post. He said: 'I'm still chief executive of a football club and it's a club I feel very passionate about. I still want very much to be a part of Portsmouth Football Club.'
