Avram Grant: I won't walk out and let Portsmouth die

Avram Grant claims trying to save Portsmouth is tougher than managing Chelsea - but insists he won't quit.

Grant has been firefighting from the first day he returned to the crisis club and the players' wages were paid late again, while Pompey face a High Court winding-up order on Wednesday.

Then there is the saga over the club's owners and Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai is the fourth in the last six months.

Boss Grant said: "Maybe it is a bigger challenge because you're not only dealing with football matters.

"At Chelsea I needed to deal with a big, big challenge and we did things that nobody expected. Here it's a different challenge because we don't just have to win games, we need to keep this club alive.

"It's not my job because I'm not a finance man, but I feel that I owe something to this city because it gave me the first chance so I can not only think about myself."

Grant nearly walked out when the club sold Younes Kaboul and Asmir Begovic behind his back, but claims he owes it to the fans to stay.

"I had a choice, to say it's not what they promised me and I'm going - and I don't think one person could blame me for that - or to stay," said the Israeli. "I decided that even if things were different, I would do my best to keep this club up.

"I can not take the easy solution for myself. All my life I haven't thought only about myself so I need to think about this club also.

"The players give everything and the supporters are great so how could I say to them that I'm leaving now? I will do everything to help keep this club alive."