Primus: Where did the cash go?
Pompey legend Linvoy Primus says 'real supporters' have been hurt by the club's financial turmoil.
And Primus believes the truth about the gross mismanagement at Fratton Park will come out in the end.
The retired centre-back – now an ambassador for the club – is delighted there is a still a team to support, but he admits local businesses and fans are the ones to suffer.
Primus said: 'Where the club are now is far better than where they were last season.
'Getting relegated from the Premier League isn't an ideal thing, but it's cleared a lot of things out and has allowed the club to see what the problems are and deal with it.
'The thing that hurts a lot of people is that local fans who have supported the club have been hurt by it financially, their businesses have suffered.
'The club have moved out of the CVA and have agreed their 20p in the pound, but real supporters have been hurt by it.
'So much (money] has come in with players and transfers, but it's all come out the pot. Where has it gone? There's no one person you can point to and say "it's their fault" and I think in time it will come out.
'At the moment there's still investigations going on.'
Primus also admitted the late arrival of players' wages and the inability to stave off administration destroyed the trust between the playing staff and the boardroom.
'No-one could really believe it was actually happening – it was a shock for everyone,' said Primus on Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday.
'As players you deal with what's going on at the training ground and on the pitch. So when the stories start coming out you think there's not much in it and things will calm down.
'Then every time there was a headline it was Pompey. Players were getting a little bit more concerned.
'Then there was the stuff with the wages not being paid on time and you start to realise it's a big problem.
'What the fans, players and staff are fed up of was people coming in and saying: 'We're definitely making a change' – and then the same thing would happen. The trust had gone.'
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