According to the club's prospective new owner Sulaiman Al Fahim Sven-Goran Eriksson is not on the shortlist to become manager of Pompey. Speaking at a press conference in the United Arab Emirates the 32-year-old Dubai millionaire said: "He (Eriksson) is not on the shortlist. But nothing is finalised yet."
"We are looking at hiring talented English players and I am interested in one UAE national player who is very talented," he said in quotes reported by the Portsmouth News.