Avram Grant was already without 11 players; now his resources have been tested further, with the vultures circling over Fratton Park, ready to snap up the best players. Nadir Belhadj, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Tommy Smith and Aaron Mokoena are being courted, meaning that Grant could be in the situation, as he was on Saturday, of turning up at Wembley with insufficient numbers to fill his bench.