Portsmouth administrator hopeful for future

Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou remains hopeful creditor Alexandre Gaydamak will back down from his demands and prevent the club going into liquidation.

The club released a statement last night revealing they were on the brink of ceasing trading after Gaydamak, a former owner of the club who is owed around £2.2m (€2.47m), refused, they claim, to sign a deal which could have seen them move out of administration.