Final whistle looms for troubled football clubs

摘要

The leader of Portsmouth City Council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, this week ruled out rescuing Portsmouth FC from its current financial woes Cllr Vernon-Jackson said the council had estimated it would cost around £37m to save the troubled club - which entered administration last month for the second time in two yearsand added there would not be sufficient public support among local residents. 'We are not bailing them out,' Cllr VernonJackson told The MJ. '[They] have players being paid £2m a year. How can we possibly afford that sort of money, when we are having to look at cutting staff and services?'