Pompey set to sell Boateng and Belhadj

(GSM) – Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou has confirmed that the club set to sell left winger Nadir Belhadj and midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Portsmouth appealed to the Premier League to be allowed to sell players outside the transfer window in a bid to ease their financial troubles and the Premier League have decided to grant them permission to make sales in certain circumstances.

The Pompey became the first Premier League club to enter administration after their debts soared to about £78 million pounds.

“We’re just working with the players’ agents trying to move things on as quickly as possible. Most of the players involved are internationals, and there’s an increased urgency in their minds to get their destinations sorted before they play in the World Cup,” Andronikou told Press Association Sport.

He added: “The principle two are Kevin-Prince Boateng and Nadir Belhadj, those are the two main targets who we’re looking to move on.

“We’ve had no direct contact – we’ve got to find a club that want to buy them and we hope that club will be a preferred destination for the player. The players will have their own ideas of where they want to play,” the administrator explained.