Pompey are facing almost certain relegation from the Premier League as they prepare to be hit with a nine-point deduction after being placed in administration. While joint administrator Andrew Andronikou has pledged to fight the penalty, it seems likely Pompey will be playing Championship football next season and it is unlikely Grant would to want to manage in the lower division. But the former Chelsea boss says he will not think about anything beyond Saturday's FA Cup sixth-round clash with Birmingham. He said: "My long-term future is with Portsmouth on Saturday. I'm thinking only about Saturday and then we'll think about what will happen after. "We don't know what will happen. We don't know who the owner will be or what will happen with the administration. "First, I want to see what happens with the club. Then we will think beyond this game." Grant must now wait to see whether Pompey's nine-point deduction will be rubber-stamped by the Premier League. The decision was delayed on Thursday after HM Revenue and Customs challenged the legality of Pompey's decision to go into voluntary administration. Whether or not Pompey get the green light to go down this route, Grant has called on the Premier League not to punish the club's suffering supporters any further. He said: "When people come to decide about this, I hope, with all the respect in the world, they will be logical enough not to do it. But maybe I am too optimistic." Grant was mobbed by the visiting Pompey fans after he led the south coast strugglers to a 2-1 triumph at Burnley last Saturday. It is clear the Fratton Park faithful have taken the club's former director of football to their hearts. Chief executive Peter Storrie admitted he and Grant were considering their futures in January, when then owner Ali Al-Faraj sold Younes Kaboul and Asmir Begovic without consulting them. But Grant has no regrets about staying on board the sinking ship and believes the fans deserve a fighter at the helm. He said: "On the football side, maybe I could have left in January. "I stayed and I'm very happy with the fans and the players. These people deserve more. "I never get tired of saying that this is a game of passion, this is a game of emotions. This is not just a game of taking money from here and putting it here. "Of course money is important, but with money alone, you will not succeed as a football team. "So I try to put myself on the sidelines and remember when I was a child and supported my team. These supporters deserve someone who will fight for them and we are trying." While victory over Birmingham would earn Pompey a lucrative FA Cup semi-final date at Wembley, Grant admits keeping the club alive would be the sweetest victory of all this season. He said: "For the moment, I think everyone is concentrating on saving the team. This club is very important to us. "We are doing everything to save the club and this is the priority. But we have a game on Saturday and if we win, we will be in the last four, so we want to win anyway. "Every game is big but I think if we win this one, we will have achieved something this season which is more than exceptional."
