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By Dan Roan
BBC Sports News correspondent |
 Portsmouth had a disastrous 2009-2010 season
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Premier League clubs wanted Portsmouth to go to the wall when the extent of their financial problems emerged last season, the club's legal team claims.
Richard Sheldon QC told Pompey's tax liability case it was only the intervention of Premier League chief Richard Scudamore that stopped it.
The other clubs wanted "to boot Pompey out there and then," Sheldon said.
He added: "The clubs wanted Portsmouth to go to the wall and divide all the TV money among themselves."
That prospect was staved off, however, when Scudamore persuaded the clubs to give Pompey an early parachute payment, allowing them to complete the season.
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DAN ROAN BLOG
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Portsmouth were docked nine points for becoming the first Premier League club to go into administration and were duly relegated at the end of the season.
They remain in administration and are in court while the tax authorities appeal over the amount of money which they say they are owed by the club.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs says it is owed £13m more than the £24m claimed by Portsmouth's administrators, with the verdict expected on Thursday.
If HMRC's appeal succeeds, Pompey could face a further points penalty before the start of the new Championship season.
That in turn could enhance the threat of the club being liquidated.
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