Stoke manager Tony Pulis has called for serious questions to be asked of the people in charge of Portsmouth.

Pompey, rooted to the bottom of the Barclays Premier League, are in crisis and on Wednesday were given seven days by the High Court to draw up a statement of their financial affairs or face being shut down.

HMRC claim Pompey, who have had four owners this season, owe them more than £11million in total. A figure of £7.4million of VAT is included in the winding-up petition, which Pompey are disputing.

Pulis believes Pompey, where he was manager for nine months in 2000, have a responsibility which spreads wider than just the football club.

"It is a fantastic club with great support. What it has hopefully done has opened up a window for people to look in and say things have got to be done properly," said the Potters boss.

"You can't allow finances, just because you are a football club, to run as wild as what they have done.

"Luckily here we have a chairman (Peter Coates) who keeps it all under control but clubs have a responsibility to the community.

"They have a responsibility to keep going because that club means so much to so many people.

"People should be asking questions of whoever has been running their finances."