Storrie Committed To Portsmouth Job

Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has stated his intention to remain at the Premier League club despite reports he could be about to quit.

Storrie had begun to lose faith in whether new owner Sulaiman Al Fahim had the finances to take the club forward but has received sufficient assurances.

Al Fahim took control of the club in August, despite a late rival bid from a consortium led by Storrie.

However doubts have continued to circulate about the property tycoon’s financial backing while performances on the pitch have seen the team sitting bottom of the Premier League without a single point.

However Storrie reaffirmed his commitment to the club, stating: ‘Sulaiman has said there’s £50m coming, publicly at a meeting to supporters on Friday night. So on that basis I’m happy to stay and continue to work with the club.

‘Sulaiman showed the board documentation to say the money’s there. We hope it all comes to fruition in the next few days. We can only go by what he’s told the fans and what we’ve seen.’

Storrie also revealed the club came close to going into administration during the summer.

‘During the summer it was tight at times, myself and the financial director had to pull of a few miracles and call in some favours.

‘But we are still hanging in there and hopefully the new finances will come to fruition and the hard work over the past six months will be worth it.’