Source: SKY_Sports
Pompey call for Fifa help
Portsmouth have confirmed that they have asked football governing body Fifa to look into the transfer of Kaiser Chiefs defender Onismor Bhasera.
Pompey thought they had signed the 22-year-old on a free transfer after a work permit was granted upon appeal, however doubt has since surrounded the deal after Kaiser Chiefs declared the player still had 12-months to run on his contract.
Portsmouth are reluctant to pay a fee for a player they thought would cost them nothing, leaving Bhasera in limbo.
The South Coast club are still keen to bring in the left-back and have confirmed that Fifa are looking into the situation.
"The situation is that Onismor believes he is a free agent and Kaiser Chiefs say he isn't, so we have asked Fifa to look into it to enable us to progress with the move," a Portsmouth spokesman told the club's official website.
"We have successfully appealed a work permit and want the player to sign for Pompey but he can only do so once we know the true nature of his registration."
Meanwhile Bhasera's manager at Kaiser Chiefs, Bobby Motaung, believes the only reason the deal has not gone through already is because the Premier League side are struggling financially.
"Portsmouth have financial problems, I have a letter from them and they say they owe Chelsea, they owe this one, it is their problem not our problem, he told KickOff.com.
"They can't afford to pay us small change, we said it is compensation, not a transfer fee. We even said to them we will give you six months grace period to keep the player and pay us in January."
However the Pompey spokesman venomously denied that the hold-up in the transfer was because of the club's lack of funds.
"This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with finance and to suggest such is misguided and inaccurate," he pointed out.
