Source: Telegraph
Portsmouth offer new deal to David James as club prepares Championship assault
The Fratton Park club - £138 million in debt - are preparing for life in the Championship and hope to come out of administration, which saw them docked nine points by the Premier League, for the start of the new campaign.[LNB]Administrator Andrew Andronikou yesterday revealed the club hoped to retain some of their first team squad to give Pompey a ''firm base'' on which to build.[LNB] Related ArticlesGrant closer to West Ham movePortsmouth prepare to slash wage billChelsea 1 Portsmouth 0'Undertaker' Grant departs with prideAncelotti proves he is special, tooPortsmouth's final hurrahWhile it remains to be seen whether manager Avram Grant, who is a target for West Ham, will be in charge next season, the south coast club hope today's news we provide a positive start going forwards.[LNB]James will turn 40 in the summer, and has yet to confirm his plans for after the World Cup. Hreidarsson, 35, missed the end of the season and the FA Cup final at Wembley with an Achilles injury.[LNB]Rocha, the 31-year-old former Portugal international, and Kanu, 33, are seen as key to giving Portsmouth some much-needed experience next season.[LNB]Promising youngsters Lenny Sowah, Joel Ward and Marlon Pack will also be retained.[LNB]However, many of the on-loan players - like Jamie O'Hara and Aruna Dindane, a target for Bolton - will return to their parent clubs.[LNB]Anthony Vanden Borre, though, could come back if a deal can be agreed with Genoa. Veteran defender Steve Finnan is among those released.[LNB]Andronikou, meanwhile, hopes the Creditors' Voluntary Arrangement will soon be approved, enabling Portsmouth to come out of administration and so avoid another points sanction, this time from the Football League - who could yet decide to continue to enforce the club's ban on registering new players.[LNB]
