Ghana midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is set to leave broke Portsmouth but administrator Andrew Andronikou has warned agents that players would only be sold at "market value".
English club who were declared bankrupt last month are hoping to cash-in on Boateng’s performance at the World Cup where he is expected to be targeted by several top clubs in Europe.
Portsmouth are desperately looking for money to fund a debt-reduction scheme to its creditors and tax authorities in the country and selling the Ghana international is the immediate way of raising cash.
Andronikou said: "We need to sell those players to thin down the wage costs for next year and to create working capital for the club going forward, and also to create some cashflow in order to pay the first dividend to creditors.
“We're just working with the players' agents trying to move things on as quickly as possible. Most of the players involved are internationals, and there's an increased urgency in their minds to get their destinations sorted before they play in the World Cup.
"The principle two are Kevin-Prince Boateng and Nadir Belhadj, those are the two main targets who we're looking to move on.
“We've had no direct contact - we've got to find a club that want to buy them and we hope that club will be a preferred destination for the player. The players will have their own ideas of where they want to play.''
There were fears that Boateng could leave the club for free because of problems of paying his wages by the English side.
Andronikou insists Pompey will hold out for players' "market value'', though, and added: "We've had offers but they haven't come up to scratch in terms of our valuation. There's no fire sale - we've had lots of agents ringing up trying to advise us that we can't pay their players their salaries so they'll move them for nothing. That's not the position - we've got cashflow, we can pay their wages and we are going to sell them for their market value.''
Boateng joined Portsmouth from rival Tottenham last season.