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Pompey transfer cash withheld

02 Feb 2010 - 16:57:27

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The Premier League have withheld more than £2million from crisis-torn Portsmouth's January transfer window dealings so that some of the club's debts can be paid.

Pompey have sold Asmir Begovic to Stoke City and Younes Kaboul to Tottenham in the last few days but the club's financial problems remain.

The Premier League's bottom club have been late paying wages four times this season and are believed to have debts of £60million.

The club also faces a winding-up order next week for unpaid taxes while former player Sol Campbell is suing the south coast club for £1.7million in unpaid image rights.

However, former Chelsea boss Avram Grant is refusing to walk away, saying: "It's not easy because we're bottom of the league and because of what's happened. We're just trying to do our job on the pitch.

"I'm not a quitter. I'm not afraid of problems. For me, problems are a challenge and I came here with a big challenge.

"I'm very disappointed with the situation and very disappointed with what people promised me. But this is the situation. The football side is better than I thought but other things aren't what I expected."