Jacob assures Pompey fans

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Jacob assures Pompey fans

Pompey to pay players on Thursday

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Portsmouth's executive director Mark Jacob has assured the club's suffering fans that their financial future is close to being resolved.

Fresh concerns over the club's long-term future surfaced this month after it was confirmed players were still overdue December's wages.

The financial hitch was the third time this season the club's players' wages were delayed, raising concerns over their financial viability.

However, Jacob now insists the funds to pay the players are in his account and that any monies owed will be settled on Thursday morning.

Although concerns over their long-term viability remain, Jacob insists fresh investment is on its way and that their problems will soon be behind them.

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"The funds are already in my account and they have been authorised to go, so depending on the banking system the funds will be with the players on Thursday morning," he told Sky Sports News.

"We're very confident this is the end of any trauma that the club has been suffering, not only in the last month or so but perhaps for the last couple of years.

"We're very, very confident there will be an injection of funds and I'd just like to place on record how supportive the fans have been over the period since the takeover despite one or two recent issues.

"The fans should be assured that the long-term future of Portsmouth is going to be secured."