Harry Redknapp has asked Portsmouth to finance five new signings this summer as he prepares to chase another top-10 Premier League place and UEFA Cup success.
The FA Cup winners face their European debut following the Wembley triumph over Cardiff and Redknapp reckons at least five quality newcomers must be recruited to cope with additional fixtures.
Two more strikers are his main priority but the Pompey boss, scouting in France this week, fears missing out on prime target Peter Crouch who looks set to stay at Anfield and see out the remaining year on his contract.
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie, who had talks this week with Redknapp to draw up plans for the new campaign, said: "We are a quality side now so we need to bring in real quality players.
"Then again, you have to look at the squad size because of the UEFA Cup next year. You need to get a reasonable squad so it would be a mixture of three quality players and two other good ones to make sure we have a big enough squad."
