Portsmouth are to ask Tottenham's permission for Jamie O'Hara to
play in the FA Cup semi-final between the sides.
The midfielder is ineligible to play against his parent club
in Saturday's Premier League match at White Hart Lane after joining
Pompey on loan from Spurs.
The two teams are then due to meet again at Wembley on April
11 and O'Hara would have to sit out unless an agreement can be
reached with Spurs.
Such is O'Hara's desire to play in the semi-final that he
risked the wrath of Harry Redknapp earlier this week by admitting
he would not support Spurs in their FA Cup replay against Fulham.
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant plans to contact Tottenham and
he hopes they will not deny O'Hara the opportunity to play in such
a prestigious match.
"There is a clause in his contract and we need to accept that
and respect it," Grant told Sky Sports.
"But if you are not in a top team it is not often that you
get to a semi-final at Wembley, especially at Portsmouth, and Jamie
wants to play this semi-final very much.
"I can promise Tottenham that he will not score against
them!"
Grant has a good relationship with Redknapp after working as
technical director at Fratton Park in 2006.
He explained: "Harry is a good friend of mine. I was here
with him when we started the process at Portsmouth.
"We tried to do something different and I think the year that
I spent working with him was a great year."
