Portsmouth chief Peter Storrie is confident of securing Nwankwo Kanu to a new one-year contract.

"As far as I am aware, there are no problems with the contract and Kanu will sign it as expected," he said in The News. "At the moment he is away with Nigeria.

"I expect he will sign it when he comes back here for pre-season training.

"Considering his international schedule, I would not think it will happen before then. But that is not a problem, we understand."