**Portsmouth have been given special permission by the Premier League to sell players outside of the transfer window to ease their financial crisis.**Pompey, who had nine points deducted for going into administration, can sell stars on condition they cannot play for their new club before next season.
The south-coast club have debts of about £60m and have laid off 81 staff in an attempt to cut their costs.
Pompey are bottom of the Premier League and virtually certain to be relegated.
The Premier League’s decision is a turnaround after it rejected Pompey’s initial plea in February.
But in a statement on Wednesday, the Premier League said it had reconsidered after a board meeting last week.
However, the Premier League has set the following conditions:
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Players may be sold to other Premier League Clubs but may not play first team football for the new club before the end of the season.
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Players may be sold to a Football League or foreign club, subject to Fifa’s approval.
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Portsmouth FC may enter into an agreement with another Premier League, Football League or foreign club that a player will be transferred to that other club in the summer.
More to follow.