Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric has warned Osasuna's Australia striker John Aloisi he will not break the bank to bring him back to Fratton Park.
Aloisi, 29, joined Pompey from Cremona for £300,000 in August 1997 before he was sold to Coventry for £650,000 just over a year later.

He is now available on a free transfer, but is reported to want £30,000 a week.

And Pompey chief Mandaric insisted: "Although we would like Aloisi back, we will not break the bank."

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Aloisi was one of a quartet of Australian players signed by then boss Terry Fenwick on the recommendation of Pompey chairman Terry Venables, who was coach of Australia.

Craig Foster, Hamilton Thorpe and Robbie Ennis completed the quartet but Aloisi has become the biggest name of the four.

He scored 26 goals in 60 league appearances for Pompey before he was signed for Coventry by former Southampton boss Gordon Strachan.

Aloisi struggled in his two-and-a-half years with the Sky Blues in the Premiership, making only 18 starts and 23 substitute appearances, in which he scored 10 goals.

He joined Osasuna in July 2001 for £1.2m and has scored 27 goals in 118 appearances for the Spanish club.

Aloisi has been a consistent scorer for the Australian national team, scoring 21 goals in 34 appearances for the Socceroos.

His performance at the Confederations Cup tournament in Germany has put him in the shop window after scoring twice against both the hosts and Argentina.