Who's club takeover will be more embarassing?
Southampton: 11 Votes
Newcastle Utd: 8 Votes
Portsmouth: 4 Votes
Distortion of the polls by Portsmouth fans? Perhaps, but Southampton's plight into League One football is enough to make most Saints fans blush. So you can read into that poll how you will, but let's take a break and look at our neighbours down the road, who are in a spot of bother themselves. I like to call the remainder of this piece 'the monday feel good' Portsmouth have surpassed the 11th of July date for the completion of due dilligence as expressed by Storrie and Al-Fahim's proposed dates to the mass media. Why has this happened? One word, Johnson. The sale of Glen Johnson is one that changes the face of the value of the club and presumably Al-Fahim has weighed that into consideration and talks between the faux Dr. and Gaydamak could be fraying over the proposed asking price for the club. Why the sale of Johnson was sewn up before this deal was completed remains a mystery but it could potentially put the hitch on the deal and with Gaydamak keen to offload Peter Crouch to further balance the books, it seems an action likely of a man who is not prepared to sell the club at Al-Fahim's revised asking price.
The Portsmouth contingency must be jangling with nerves about the status of this takeover deal, as anything other than completion of the deal will end in the remainder of asset stripping and throwing Portsmouth's Premier League future on the roulette wheel. What also makes me believe this takeover deal not going through is the fact Portsmouth's transfer activity all stems over from Africa. Aaron Mokoena is Portsmouth first signing, they are tussling for M'Bami and Chimbonda two players looking at being involved in the African Nations Cup. Throw all of the above with news breaking in The Mirror that Paul Hart will be given the full time managers position, it would seem the most embarassing takeover to no takeover could be at Portsmouth. Time will certainly tell.