South Africa deal ‘could be done today’

PORTSMOUTH chief executive Peter Storrie is hopeful that a South African consortium will complete a deal to buy the cash-strapped south-coast club today.

The Premier League strugglers desperately need to find a buyer before next month’s date with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs over an unpaid tax bill.

Storrie said: “At the end of the day we need to have it from the bank, we need to see that the funds are there and they can take it forward. We need to see it, the Premier League need to see it, everybody needs to see that there are funds there.