Oct 28
Things go from bad to worse for Pompey
Just when the 2008 FA Cup winners thought it couldn’t get much worse, the Premier League authorities stick the boot in further.
Paul Hart was hoping to sign free agent Eugen Bopp today (yes, I know) but the League have intervened as the south-coast club still owe transfer fees to fellow Premier League outfits. The club are now banned from signing any players until the matter is resolved. Pompey currently sit in bottom place with one victory in 10 matches.
“We can confirm that there is an embargo on Portsmouth registering any new players,” said Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson.
“This concerns unpaid money to other clubs and it is in the process of being sorted,” confirmed club spokesman Gary Double. “We are confident the situation will be sorted by the end of the week.” 
The transfers involved are believed to be Lassana Diarra’s move from Arsenal in January 2008 and Glen Johnson’s signing from Chelsea in August 2007.
Both players have since left the club, Diarra moving to Real Madrid and Johnson to Liverpool.
