 Defender Rocha made 14 appearances for Tottenham
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Former Tottenham Hotspur centre-half Ricardo Rocha is poised to join Portsmouth on a free transfer.
The 31-year-old Portugal international has undergone a medical and is available after being released by Belgian side Standard Liege.
BBC Sport understands the cash-strapped Premier League strugglers could be set to add two or three more free agents to their squad as they fight for survival.
Pompey are bottom of the Premier League table and face a winding-up order.
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant is looking for reinforcements after defender Younes Kaboul and goalkeeper Asmir Begovic were sold to Spurs and Stoke respectively this week in an attempt to keep the club afloat as owner Ali Al Faraj looks for much-needed new investment.
The south-coast outfit has been late paying wages to players and staff four times this season and the Premier League will hold on to more than £2m from player sales in January.
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This is to cover money owed to Chelsea and Watford for the signings of Glen Johnson and Tommy Smith respectively.
Another creditor has also joined in with HM Revenue and Custom's winding-up petition to the High Court on 10 February, with Grosvenor Basingstoke Properties the latest to claim they are owed money by Portsmouth - although that is being disputed by the club.
Rocha, who has played for Braga and Benfica in his native Portugal, made 14 Premier League appearances for Spurs between 2007 and 2009.
He moved to Belgium last summer after falling out of favour at White Hart Lane but will now be looking to help Grant lift Pompey out of the mire.
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