Adams has seen his side dramatically weakened by losing Lassana Diarra to Real Madrid and Jermain Defoe's return to Tottenham.

England duo Glen Johnson and Peter Crouch have both been linked with departures from Fratton Park before the transfer window slams shut.

But Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie said: "Let's make it abundantly clear, there will be no more players sold.

"We do not to sell any more players. Jermain wanted to go so he went and I can assure you he is the only one.

"Everyone else is perfectly happy at the football club."

Portsmouth are believed to have pocketed £35 million from selling Diarra and Defoe to help reduce the club's significant debts.

Storrie insists the FA Cup holders did all they could to keep Defoe on the south coast.

Storrie added: "You want to keep a player like Jermain Defoe but clearly his head had been turned.

"When you get in that situation sometimes you can persuade players to stay - other times it is quite clear they have no intention of changing their mind.

"With Jermain his mind was made up - he wanted to go. Of course it was disappointing but there was nothing we could do about it.

"In the end we got a good deal for him. Effectively we got him on loan for a year and have made £6 million in the process.

"But that is it. None of the others will be leaving. We are now concentrating on bringing others in and strengthening the squad."

Adams is desperately seeking to bring in reinforcements after seeing his side slump to within three points of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.

Portsmouth have tabled a £4.5million bid to bring Middlesbrough midfielder Gary O'Neil back to the club - which Boro today turned down - while former Arsenal star Edu looks set to join from Valencia on a six-month loan.

Adams has been forced to use youngsters Marc Wilson and Martin Cranie in recent games.

England Under-21 defender Cranie wants to repay Adams for the faith he has shown in him by helping steer Portsmouth clear of the bottom three.

Right-back Cranie, who deputised for the injured Johnson in last weekend's 0-0 draw at home to Bristol City in the FA Cup third round, said: "The gaffer has done well.

"He has got a lot on his shoulders but I think he has handled it well.

"I grew up as a centre-half and always wanted to be like Tony Adams. My older brother supported Arsenal so I followed him and went to watch them a few times.

"I did not expect to play last weekend but the gaffer called me in to his office and said I was going to start. It was a good experience.

"Hopefully I can keep my place against City because it is a big game for us. With the quality of players we have here we will climb the table no problem.

"City have got a lot of money but that does not get you everything. We have had a few bad results so we want to win on Saturday and push on from there."

Johnson could return after recovering from an ankle injury. Adams will persist with his 4-5-1 formation so Crouch will start as Portsmouth's lone striker.