Portsmouth may not secure their financial future until the weekend.
Portsmouth are in discussions with three separate parties as they attempt to secure a rescue package to solve their financial crisis, but it might be the weekend before a deal is concluded, according to a spokesman for owner Balram Chainrai.
The Premier League's crisis club are fighting to find fresh investment ahead of next Monday's possible winding-up order from the High Court regarding an unpaid tax bill owed to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
A South African consortium has been asked for proof of funds, while Victor Cattermole was credited with an interest, but an insistence from the chairman of Endeavor Plan, a Hong Kong-based investment company, for 30-day due diligence was thought to have scuppered a deal.
Chainrai's spokesman, Phil Hall, told Sky Sports News: "There have been a number of calls going around the globe today.
"There have also been three meetings going on in London.
"When I left them 10 minutes ago, two meetings were going on in one London hotel and (chief executive) Peter Storrie was meeting another group in another location.
"So they certainly could not try harder to try and put a deal together."
Hall added: "Peter has made no secret, I do not think we are breaking any confidences, of his relationship with a South African interested party and, yes, indeed, he has been having conversations with them to try and advance it further."