Portsmouth are expected to complete the signings of Manchester City's former England striker Andy Cole and Hajduk Split defender Niko Kranjcar ahead of the transfer deadline.
Croatian star Kranjcar is having a medical in Zagreb before a 3.5million move.
Cole passed his medical on Wednesday after Pompey agreed to pay City a fee that will rise to 1million dependent on the 34-year-old's appearances for his new club. And he is believed to have been offered an even better deal than he has at Eastlands - a two-year contract on around 40,000 a week.