Gaydamak promises funds

Portsmouth chairman Sacha Gaydamak has promised the club and it's fans that he will be investing money in new players this summer and that Harry Redknapp will have freedom to roam the transfer market.

“There are always challenges to make the club go forward," he said. "It is difficult even to go from 17th to 15th in the Premier League but that is easier than trying to move from sixth to third.

“The aim is to be a regular top-10 club. Now we have to make further investment.”

It is believed that Portsmouth are to mount a bid for Peter Crouch and Stewart Downing in the summer.