Things just keep going from bad to worse at Portsmouth.
Today former Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell has said that he is suing the Premier League club for £1.7m in unpaid fees and bonuses from his time at Pompey.
Portsmouth confirmed the receipt of the writ today and a club spokesman said: “The matter is being dealt with by our lawyers.”
Pompey are walking a financial tightrope and I would not surprise me if they became the first Premier League team to go into administration, which would carry an automatic nine-point deduction.
Last week, the Premier League diverted £7m in television revenue payments to other clubs which were still owed transfer fees by Pompey and has also banned the club from operating in the transfer market.
Yesterday Portsmouth lost a winding-up petition from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs following a High Court judge’s ruling.
“At the High Court today Mr Justice Newey dismissed an application from Portsmouth City Football Club Limited for a winding-up petition to be struck out,” a spokesperson for the Judicial Communications Office was quoted as saying on the BBC web site.
HMRC said it welcomed the High Court’s decision.
“We now expect that, subject to any appeal, the petition will in due course be heard by the High Court in the usual way,” a spokesperson said.
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