"We're not going to stand still now"

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been promised summer transfer funds to boost his FA Cup-winning squad. The club will play in the Uefa Cup next season after beating Cardiff at Wembley, with European competition likely to attract players to the club.

"We're not going to stand still now, we have to build on it," said Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie. We've got quality players and now, at our level, we have to bring in more and widen the squad a bit."

Redknapp has a reputation as a wheeler-dealer in the transfer market and Storrie insists he will have the opportunity to attempt to push on next season.

"We had a great season finishing eighth in the Premier League and we want to try to do even better than we have this season," said Storrie.

Storrie also spoke about Redknapp's future after speculation prior to Saturday's Cup final. "Harry's on a long contract. He's here as long as he wants to be here," he said.

"I think that will be for a long, long while. This is his team. He built this team and wants to take them to the next level."

During the club's open-top bus tour of the city, during which they were cheered by an estimated 200,000 fans, Redknapp revealed plans for a pre-season tour of Nigeria where they will have a dress rehearsal for the FA Community Shield against Manchester United.

No dates have officially been announced but it will mean a homecoming for Pompey stars Kanu, who scored the Wembley winner, and John Utaka, whose cross set up the goal. "I haven't told them yet but we will be going to Nigeria pre-season," he said.

"I don't know if it's going to be a pleasant surprise for them but I think everybody enjoyed Hong Kong last year. We are going to play Manchester United out there. Apparently they want us out there and the thinking was that if it is good for Manchester United then it's certainly good for us." (source: bbc)