Chelsea have added to
Portsmouth's problems by
rejecting their request for more time to pay the £750,000 still owed from Glen
Johnson's transfer to Fratton Park, reports the Daily
Mail.
Portsmouth, who are £35m in
debt, agreed to pay £3m for Johnson when they signed him from
Chelsea in 2007 but they still
haven't paid up in full, despite selling the player for
Liverpool for £18m in July.
Premier League chiefs are now
set to withhold the £7.5m television money due in January in order
to settle the south coast club's missed payments.
Portsmouth have asked the
Premier League to lift their
current transfer embargo - but the ban will remain in place until
they can prove they are in a position to pay all of their
outstanding transfer debt.