Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric, chief executive Peter Storrie and manager Harry Redknapp have all been in to see the FA to questions regarding alleged insider betting on Redknapp’s return to the Fratton Park hotseat from Southampton.

Bookmakers at the time said there had been some unusual betting activity quite soon before Redknapp was announced at a press conference as the new Portsmouth manager and the FA immediately stepped in to investigate the claims of insider betting.

The Pompey trio deny all knowledge or involvement in any irregular betting practices and are adamant they have nothing to prove to the FA.

Redknapp said this weekend: “We have all been up there to see them at the FA over this and we have given them everything they have asked for. They even showed me a list of names of certain people who had placed bets and asked me about them. But I don’t know anything about it. I have done nothing wrong. I didn’t have a bet and that’s an end to it.”

He added: “Unfortunately this just keeps dragging on and, to be honest, I could do without it. I actually think Milan has told the FA now that enough is enough.”

Mandaric said: “All this stuff is absolute rubbish. It is all speculation and I am trying to stay above it all. I have had a lot of discussions with Harry about this and he has nothing to do with any of it.

“How the hell can he tell anyone to go and bet - the final decision was only made 20 minutes before the press conference.”

FA spokesman Andrin Cooper confirmed: “There is an investigation into allegations of insider betting in this case and it is ongoing.”

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