Pompey lie 14 points adrift of safety at the foot of the table and have been beleaguered by a series of off-field troubles. The Fratton Park outfit, who were docked nine points for going into administration earlier this month, were hit by a transfer embargo in October last year that was only lifted a few days before the transfer window closed in January. Grant looked powerless as he watched his patched-up side lose 5-0 to Chelsea on Wednesday and he now takes his side to Tottenham on Saturday with only "13 or 14" fully fit players. The former Chelsea boss admits he will have to use players from Pompey's youth and reserve ranks on Saturday and fears a hiding from high-flying Spurs, who are managed by former Pompey boss Harry Redknapp. Grant believes his side would have had a much better chance of maintaining their top-flight status if they had not been hit with the embargo last year. "We have 13 or 14 players for tomorrow and that is not good for us or for the Premier League as a whole. We are paying the price for what they did to us before January and it's wrong," said Grant. "People that have forced us to have a small squad should look in the mirror and say 'I was wrong, it was a mistake'. "You will see what will happen in the game tomorrow. We can't compete with Tottenham." The ban on registering players was lifted on January 26 after the Premier League were satisfied that the club had fulfilled payments to other clubs for transfers. Pompey were only able to bring in Ricardo Rocha before the window closed and Grant is adamant the embargo should have been lifted earlier. "They didn't have to do it (the embargo) in the middle of the season, now it has affected us," Grant continued. "The situation we find ourselves in now is not just as a result of us. I know that if we played like we have been doing in the second half of the league we would have been able to stay in the league if they allowed us to have the squad that we wanted. "They didn't create the money situation that we are in at the moment but I still don't think their decision was right. "I know that people within the Premier League agree with me. People ring me and say 'you know what? you are exactly right' but what can we do now?" The Premier League took the extraordinary step of allowing Portsmouth to sell players outside of the transfer window in an attempt to help the club climb out of administration. Administrator Andrew Andronikou has admitted several players could be sold to raise cash. Quincy Owusu-Abeyie could be one of the first to depart because parent club Spartak Moscow have offered Pompey £250,000 to end the forward's loan spell at Fratton Park early. Grant admits he is growing increasingly frustrated with working under such conditions and concedes that Saturday's game at White Hart Lane could be Quincy's last for the club. "Everything is changing from week to week and for me as a man who is trying to build something here it is very difficult," said the Israeli. "It gets more and more difficult every day but we will fight on. We know that we are not fighting for points, we are fighting for pride and professionalism, which is important. "I want Quincy to stay but it's not a normal situation," he added. "The boy is going back at the end of season. "Spartak are ready to pay some money for him and we want every penny so it's not easy for me to be in this situation." Jamie O'Hara's loan terms prevent him from playing against his parent club on Saturday but Portsmouth have asked Spurs for permission for the midfielder to take part in the FA Cup semi-final between the two clubs next month.
