Portsmouth drop Aruna Dindane from squad to face Chelsea to avoid £4m bill

Dindane has scored seven times in 20 matches for Portsmouth during their troubled season, including a hat-trick against Wigan last autumn, but did not feature in the match-day squad for Saturday's 3-2 defeat of Hull City.The forward has similarly been left out of Portsmouth's squad to face Chelsea tonight and will not be considered for any future games. Related ArticlesPortsmouth given green light to sell playersPortsmouth v Chelsea: match previewPortsmouth players save ground staff jobsChainrai drops Portsmouth payment claimPortsmouth fined by Premier LeaguePremier League tableThe clause in Dindane's loan deal stipulates that should he play a designated number of games for Portsmouth the club would have to make his move permanent and pay a £4m transfer fee.'Arena didn't play because there is a clause in the contract,' said Grant.'I don't know how many games it is, but if he plays one more game, we have to pay around £4m to his team.'At the moment, Portsmouth cannot pay even four [pounds].'With Dindane hopeful of a World Cup place with Ivory Coast this summer, Grant was hopeful that he would be released from Portsmouth to get matches under his belt between now and the summer.'The season is finished from the target point of view, so for him, I think it will be better to play for his club. If they will not let him do it, I will be very surprised,' said Grant.'His agent is trying to deal with our club and their club. But I think we have to do what's good for the boy now rather than the team.'This is just one more thing to deal with. I like problems on the pitch and dealing with them in the team, but I don't like this kind of thing.'

Source: Telegraph