Quote lifted from Sky Sports pages......LOL:D
Crouch has spent just one season at Fratton Park after joining from Liverpool, but Portsmouth boss Hart admits the club have no choice but to cash in.
Disappointed
"Obviously I'm disappointed to see Peter leave, but given the severe financial restraints in place here we had no choice but to accept an offer from Tottenham," Hart told the Sunday Mirror.
"I think people need to realise that Pompey have been punching above their weight and could no longer sustain the level of spending that has gone on here over the last three years."
Hart also insisted that the takeover spearheaded by Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim would not lead to a Manchester City style spending spree on the South Coast.
He added: "Even though a new owner is poised to come in our dealings in the market will be modest in comparison to the past."