The 55-year-old Israeli has been associated with Portsmouth ever since he came to England in 2006 to be the club’s technical director.
The following year he moved to Chelsea as director of football, soon taking over as manager after Roman Abramovich’s fallout with Jose Mourinho. Despite taking Chelsea to the Champions League final, Grant was dumped by the Russian after one season.
He returned to Portsmouth in October 2009 as director of football and, in a replay of what happened at Chelsea, he quickly he took the manager’s role from Paul Hart. The club were bottom of the Premier League having won only seven points from 13 games.
Under Grant, Portsmouth began to find some form. They won 10, lost 16 and drew seven of the 33 matches played with Grant as manager. He even managed to ride the storm when a tabloid caught him visiting a Thai massage parlour.
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