Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou has revealed he has heard from 12 parties interested in buying the debt-ridden club.

IT is often said of West Ham that they turn more corners in a season than the average Formula One driver, but Gianfranco Zola is adamant that the club is now on an upward curve, despite their worst start to a Premier League campaign.

A multinational consortium is lining up a £100m (€110m) bid to buy West Ham, according to a report in today’s News of the World.