Andy Awford admits he has made plans for what he would do if he got the Pompey job -and says the question of who'd take over the academy is one that worries him.

The caretaker boss was speaking before Thursday's board meeting, where the question of a full-time managerial appointment would appear certain to be on the agenda.

He told the BBC: 'I've got plans in my own head in case I am manager of Portsmouth Football Club. Until I'm asked and we sort it out they will remain in my head.

'If they would like me to do it, I said before that it took me two seconds to decide whether to be caretaker manager as I felt that was the right thing to do. It will need to take a lot longer than that.

'There will need to be frank discussions with the board about where the football club is going, the direction they are taking and if we agree, then fine, and if we don't then we'll keep talking.

'There needs to be lots of discussion, the board need to think carefully, things have to be right. If I was lucky enough to be the next manager of Portsmouth Football Club who is going to be the next academy manager? That worries me, we have to get that right.

'We have to make sure the football club is built from bottom to top and it isn't at the moment. We have to lay some foundations so the day I move on from this club we've got to make sure the club is sound. It's been mistreated for far too long.'

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