Guest Stephen927 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 As the title says, David Gold has just mentioned this in his press conference. Though he wouldn't name names, it's fairly obvious who it is. He said their debt was higher than the value of the club, so I think it's Portsmouth. The way clubs spend these days, something has to give, there could be a fair few Premiership clubs in danger. Our debt is fairly minimal, well, compared to what it was, otherwise we would have been up there in the bookies favourites to go bust. The one thing Ashley does right, paying off the stadium debt, and he only did it because he had to cos of a clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 If it was that bad they would be selling players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I would be surprised if it wasn't Portsmouth. They are in serious shite. Am surprised that their players have not put in transfer requests in this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The end of the year is 11 months away. If they sold players now and go down they've got no chance. If they hang on until June and somehow stay up then they have a chance, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 They keep saying they don't need to sell players, but they have tried to peddle David James to Stoke to get him off the wage bill. The deal broke down because Stoke wouldn't pay all of his high wages. Portsmouth are the obvious team, Man City will have debt higher than the value of the club but they are in no danger of going bust right now... Liverpool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Portsmouths appeal against their winding up order has been dismissed. Breaking news on Sky Sports News. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 If it was that bad they would be selling players. who is worth anything in there squad? say you need 30million to clear debts, is it really worth selling 4-5 players that probs wouldnt even cover half that, they cant bring anyone in even loans, if they know its coming maybe there trying to get as many points as they can before they get hit with administraion and the points they would lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The end of the year is 11 months away. If they sold players now and go down they've got no chance. If they hang on until June and somehow stay up then they have a chance, I guess. Apologies, end of the season he said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 10 point deduction for going into Administration. I think that would kill Portsmouth's slim chances of staying up. They may as well try to sell players now before they're forced to sell them at fire sale prices. They seem doomed either way. Portsmouth Team Lineup from BBC (although Primus has retired) 1 James 2 Primus 3 Kaboul 4 Mokoena 5 O'Hara 6 Mullins 7 Hreidarsson 8 Diop 9 Piquionne 11 Brown 14 Williamson 15 Niemi 16 Finnan 17 Utaka 18 Vanden Borre 19 Webber 20 Smith 21 Ashdown 22 Hughes 23 Boateng 24 Dindane 26 Ben-Haim 27 Kanu 31 Begovic 32 Yebda 33 Basinas 35 Wilson 37 Nlundulu 39 Belhadj 40 Bogard 40 Ward 42 Mahoto 43 Hurst 45 Martin 46 Sowah Koroma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Cant play for anyone else this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Cant play for anyone else this season bummer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Cant play for anyone else this season bummer You calling me gay? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Portsmouth probably haven't accepted transfer requests because as soon as that happens then silly bids will come in for players. Maybe they are letting other teams believe they don't want to sell in order to force them into thinking they need to bid more than they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Portsmouth probably haven't accepted transfer requests because as soon as that happens then silly bids will come in for players. Maybe they are letting other teams believe they don't want to sell in order to force them into thinking they need to bid more than they do. they dont exactly have a whole lot left to sell do they, kevin prince boeteng and kaboul is about all thats left thats worth anything. And they're fooling no one, everyone knows they're screwed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstedt Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Wouldn't mind if we did in the summer, assuming we go up.. Anyone seen van den Borre play? Remember him on FM a few years back, cracking young prospect back then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Wouldn't mind if we did in the summer, assuming we go up.. Anyone seen van den Borre play? Remember him on FM a few years back, cracking young prospect back then Looked ok against Cov in the cup. Had plenty of energy if nothing else, was still makin 50yrd runs deep into extra time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstedt Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sneaky bid for Prince-Boateng then? Wouldn't mind if we did in the summer, assuming we go up.. Anyone seen van den Borre play? Remember him on FM a few years back, cracking young prospect back then Looked ok against Cov in the cup. Had plenty of energy if nothing else, was still makin 50yrd runs deep into extra time Sounds promising. On FM he was quite versatile and according to Wikipedia this is true. Apparently he's preferred position is CM/DM but is being deployed as RB for Brussels and club sides. Even though he's only on loan from Genoa, could he be worth a bid since the italians doesn't seem to rate him? Considering our options on the CM/DM/RB positions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Does the tranfer ban also include selling players? According to the BBC "The Premier League has also banned the club from operating in the transfer market." Would suggest incomings and outgoings are covered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sky really have ruined football. There'll be a lot more like Pompey in the next 2-3 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sky really have ruined football. There'll be a lot more like Pompey in the next 2-3 years sky? Its mismanagment of the clubs by the owners. Also, the moment Roman opened the pl for the super rich, who injected even more money, the natural balance between clubs was ruined. Premier leauge is now diagnosed with financial cancer, all know something is wrong, but no one have the remedie yet, and the weakest(most mismanaged) will die. Hope most clubs get the mess sorted out, but will they manage it in time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 He said their debt was higher than the value of the club, so I think it's Portsmouth. Debt higher than club value could also apply to many other clubs including Chelsea and Man U. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sky really have ruined football. There'll be a lot more like Pompey in the next 2-3 years sky? Its mismanagment of the clubs by the owners. Also, the moment Roman opened the pl for the super rich, who injected even more money, the natural balance between clubs was ruined. Premier leauge is now diagnosed with financial cancer, all know something is wrong, but no one have the remedie yet, and the weakest(most mismanaged) will die. Hope most clubs get the mess sorted out, but will they manage it in time? Yes Sky. From the minor things like changing kick off times stupidly late with no consideration of the fans. To creating the PL, whcih has now distanced itself from the football league. It was great to start off with and yes clubs have made money, but to stay in the PL (where the money is because of Sky) 'smaller' clubs like Pompey, Burnley etc will/have to overspend to stay in which they just can't do. Thus ruining clubs and creating a bigger void between the PL and the FL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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