Pompey may need to sell more key players

Peter Storrie suggests that the club may be urged to sell more players if Sulaiman Al Fahim's takeover is delayed.

Pompey are desperately awaiting the switch of ownership from Alexandre Gaydamak to Al Fahim to be completed.

Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson have already been sold to Tottenham and Liverpool respectively.

Al Fahim's takeover looked all set to proceed after the United Arab Emirates businessman passed the Premier League's 'fit and proper person' test in July.

However, the deal is not yet certain to be completed and with no money coming in, yet more big names may have to leave in order to fund the south coast club.

Johnson was sold to Liverpool for £17.5m, while Crouch joined Tottenham for £10m and other big names have been linked with departures from Fratton Park.