Storrie Tired of Innuendos

Peter Storrie has called on Portsmouth's administrators to publish the club's accounts after defending his role in their financial demise.

It was confirmed on Friday morning that Portsmouth had entered administration after struggling through the past few months.

Chief executive Storrie also announced that he would be stepping down once a new owner had been found.

But Storrie has been angered by reporting of the club's transfer dealings, claiming that fees are exaggerated and that people focus solely on income, not profit.

Taking the sale of Niko Kranjcar to Tottenham as an example, he told Sky Sports News: "I've seen on TV tonight apparently we got £15million for Kranjcar.

"I'm sure (Spurs chairman) Daniel Levy would be quite upset to think he'd paid that for a person in the last year of his contract.
Discrepancy

"Kranjcar went for about £2.5 or £3.75million to my knowledge - a slight discrepancy in the numbers.

"I've looked at these numbers and I've gone through it all. People forget that, yes, you get all this income in, but what about the cost of all these players to buy them?

"They don't come for free, they come with transfer fees, they come with sell-ons when you sell them on."

Storrie has been criticised by some Portsmouth supporters and hopes publishing the accounts will put an end to 'innuendos' surrounding him.

He added: "I'm absolutely certain the administrator will go through the numbers and show everybody the figures, and I hope he does.

"I would encourage him to show every single person the numbers of what we got for players and what they cost us, because I'm sick and tired of these ridiculous comments.

Crazy

"The national news was running these crazy figures tonight; unbelievable, quite unbelievable."

Storrie rejected suggestions the numbers could vindicate him, saying: "I don't think there's anything to be vindicated about.

"They're all there, they're factual numbers, the Premier League can show you the numbers, the Football Association can show you the numbers.

"It all goes through their accounts, it all goes through their books, they are written in stone.

"By all means, anyone look at them. I'm sick and tired of all these innuendos."