Portsmouth will appear in the High Court today to answer questions from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over their voluntary administration.
 

HMRC are believed to be concerned by certain aspects of the administration process and will be seeking clarification from Portsmouth.
 

The club went into administration on Friday with estimated debts of £78million, including an outstanding tax bill of £12.1million.
 

Andrew Andronikou, the administrator in charge of Portsmouth, was informed of the stricken Barclays Premier League club's summons to the High Court yesterday.
 

However, Andronikou is confident Portsmouth will continue down the route of administration as planned.
 

"We're having to go to court to show that the debenture is valid," Andronikou said.
 

"I don't understand the exact reason why this is, we're just following normal protocol. We're not unduly worried.
 

"It's not standard procedure but I'd imagine that HMRC are basically crossing their t's and dotting their i's.
 

"We're expecting the administration to proceed as it was."
 

It is understood the club will be given time to consider their response before being asked to attend a second hearing, where a decision on the validity of the administration will be made.
 

This latest development does not appear to threaten the administration process at this stage.
 

Andronikou, an insolvency practitioner from UHY Hacker Young, has been conducting an investigation of the accounts since Friday.
 

He retains hope that the automatic nine-point deduction levied for any club going down this route will be waved by the Premier League.
 

The Premier League were originally due to discuss Portsmouth's case at a board meeting today, though this could now be rescheduled in light of the High Court appearance.
 

"We are to meet with the Premier League over the next couple of days," said Andronikou.
 

"The nine-point reduction remains very much on the table to be discussed. We have a right to appeal anyway on the situation."
 

Portsmouth had been given a seven-day stay of execution last month when the High Court granted one week to draw up a statement of its financial affairs in an effort to avoid a winding-up order.
 

The winding-up order brought by HMRC was scheduled to be heard yesterday, only for administration to halt that process.