There were embarrassing scenes at Fratton Park yesterday after Portsmouth chiefs had to inform fans expecting ex Chelsea manager Avram Grant to be installed as their new manager, that there had been a 'mix-up' as it was actually Russell Grant (pictured above) they had appointed as the replacement for Paul Hart, who lost his job earlier in the week. Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie said this 'we apologise for any misunderstanding caused, when we said Grant was getting the job i guess....... understandably fans assumed it was going to be Avram taking over, but we meant Russell. It's another example showing that you should never assume.......'. Grant (Russell) takes over with immediate effect and will be in charge for the visit of Manchester United on Saturday, and next week he is expected to start bringing in his backroom team. A enthusiastic Grant said 'its wonderful, delightful, brilliant and super brilliant!!, I'm so happy, I've got to say, it said in the tarot cards i was going to get a big one......job i mean!. When asked who might be in his backroom team he said 'Biggins has said he wants to be physio, Mallet will be Assistant Manager and First Team Coach will hopefully be Paul O'Grady if we can convince him to leave Channel 4!'.
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