Last night at around 2am Manchester City announced that their deal to secure the services of Portsmouth striker, Benjani had fallen through due to the fact paperwork had not been submitted in time. This morning I wake up to find that Portsmouth have contacted the Premier League to see whether Benjani's move to Manchester City can still go ahead.
The south coast club claim they went ahead with the purchase of Jermain Defoe from Spurs after City told them their forms for Benjani had been faxed to the FA.
After the Defoe deal had been confirmed City spokesman said that their transfer of Benjani had collapsed due to the late arrival of the player in Manchester.
The Premier League is now examining the timeline of the paperwork
Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager, revealed the club had received a call from City five minutes before the transfer window closed stating that they had completed the paperwork and so got the go ahead for the Defoe deal to go through.
But later, after completing the Defoe deal, Portsmouth were then informed by the Premier League and told that they had not received all the documents to complete the Benjani deal.
This potentially leaves Portsmouth in a financial bind as they were banking on the reported 7million City had agreed to pay for Benjani to balance the books.
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