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That guy is sad... He normally looks like this:Ibra brought you the sad story of Eric Frimpong, and the New Year is being quite unkind to
Portsmouth FC as well. The South Coast club once again missed payments to its players and staff
totaling 1.8 million Pounds. The FA has plans in place to funnel TV money directly to English clubs
that Pompey owe money (good news for Tottenham, Chelsea and Watford).
The good news for Avram Grant and Pompey fans, is that the Premier League has lifted the clubs
transfer embargo. The bad news is that they can only sign players on loan or who are available on a
free transfer
Portsmouth has been unable to register new players since October, when the Premier League
imposed the restriction due to the club's unpaid debts on previous transfers.
In the interest of starting out your new year with damaging mental images, we would like you to
know that this anonymous Premier League manager with the penchant for banging Thai prostitutes just
might be Lizard Man himself, Avram Grant. Yeah, I know, lunch tasted a lot better going down than
it did coming back up.
According to Jordan Cross at The News, Portsmouth boss Avram
Grant is confident in keeping Tottenham midfielder Jamie
O'Hara, whose current loan deal ends on the 15th of January. Grant said,
"I want to keep Jamie.
A tutorial on how to confirm your status as Asian POY. [101gg] Wishes for the brand new year.
(Avoiding The Drop) And a look back at the highlights in Russia's 2009. (Russia Offside) The quotes
of the year in La Liga. (La Liga Loca) An education for South Americans abroad. (Tim Vickery)
Fergie creeping into crazy old dude territory.
UPDATE: According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth have
not yet received permission from the Premier League to extend the loan of
Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara. Portsmouth will need
permission to sign O'Hara as the transfer embargo is still in place.
According to Steve Wilson at The News, Portsmouth boss Avram
Grant will consider in the next few days whether he will bring back striker David
Nugent from loan at Burnley. Grant said,
"We are thinking about this.
Much as we love the FA Cup, there can be no mistaking the lack of glamour that envelopes
evenings like this. The ITV4 coverage flicks over to The Ricoh Stadium just after seven-thirty.
There are fifteen minutes to kick off, and it doesn't look like there are many more than a few
hundred souls inside the place.
The good news for Avram Grant and Pompey fans, is that the Premier League has lifted the clubs
transfer embargo. The bad news is that they can only sign players on loan or who are available on a
free transfer
Portsmouth has been unable to register new players since October, when the Premier League
imposed the restriction due to the club's unpaid debts on previous transfers.
