Portsmouth are to meet with the Premier League in a bid to have
their transfer ban lifted after they insisted they had paid off all
debts.
The financially-stricken outfit are desperate to make market
moves in January in a bid to fend off the threat of the drop.
Pompey will be represented in the meeting by Ahmed Al-Faraj,
the brother of owner Ali Al-Faraj, Maurice Watkins, who also acts
for Manchester United, and advisor Yoram Yossifoff.
Television monies of £7million due to Portsmouth have
been intercepted by the Premier League and paid out to clubs that
are owed transfer money from the South Coast outfit.
Portsmouth claim there will be a surplus of around
£2-3million once these debts have been settled and as such,
cannot understand why they will not be allowed to trade freely.
Ahmed Al-Faraj told The Sun: "This ban must be lifted now. There is
no argument for it to go on.
"With the TV money coming in we will have paid all our debts
to other clubs and it is vital that Portsmouth are allowed to
compete on a level playing field with everyone else.
"We need new players in and if we can get the ones our
manager wants, we are confident we will stay in the Premier League.
"A lot of money is being put into this club to turn things
around.
"We are probably one of the only clubs in the world which
doesn't owe a penny to any bank."
