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Futacs makes Pompey vow

Image: Marko Futacs: Ready to stay at Portsmouth despite attracting interest from elsewhere

Portsmouth striker Marko Futacs has vowed to stay at the club and help them secure survival in the Championship.

Striker ready to stay and help fight for survival

Portsmouth striker Marko Futacs has vowed to stay at the club and help them secure survival in the Championship. Pompey face a fight to stay up after dropping into the bottom three following their 10-point deduction for going into administration. The Fratton Park club risk losing a number of key players in the wake of their financial problems and Erik Huseklepp has already left to join Birmingham on loan in a bid to reduce the wage bill. Hungarian ace Futacs has also been linked with a move away from Portsmouth after impressing at the club since his arrival last summer from Werder Bremen. A number of clubs are thought to be waiting in the wings to sign the 22-year-old, but Futacs is ready to snub any interest to help Portsmouth try and stay up.

Stay & fight

"I would like to stay here and fight to make sure that we stay in the Championship," Futacs told Sky Sports. "I want to fight for my team-mates, for the fans and for the manager. "With Steve Cotterill bringing me to the club and the manager [Michael Appleton] giving me my chance, I have a duty to stay here and give my everything."

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