Lassana Diarra is angry with Portsmouth after delaying an agreement with Real Madrid.

AS says Manchester City are still in the frame for Diarra after Pompey had accepted an £18 million offer from Real.

Such was Real's confidence that they organised two flight tickets for Diarra to travel to Madrid last night, but that was blocked by Pompey in a dramatic afternoon.

Upon learning of Real's bid, a City representative, who had been negotiating with Pompey for over two months, immediately was on the phone to slap in an improved offer of £22 million.

After receiving the bid, Pompey immediately called Diarra and ordered him back to training. A fuming Diarra is understood to have told teammates: "I got it all done with Madrid and now they (Portsmouth) are telling me to wait a little longer!"

Diarra has made it clear to Pompey he wants to move to Madrid. However, sources at Real insist no deal has yet been done.