"Phoenix wait on Porter
With Hartlepool United's season now over, the Wellington Phoenix hope to know within the next week whether Australian striker Joel Porter will sign with the A-League club for the next three years.
Porter, who has spent the past five seasons with English League One club Hartlepool and scored 43 goals from 160 matches, was targeted by the Phoenix to partner Shane Smeltz, and chief executive Tony Pinata is expecting an answer within days.
"We've really left him alone till after the season," Pinata said. "If he does come then fantastic. If he decides, or the club decides, that he's not going to be released, we just move forward."
Pinata said there was a plan B should the Porter deal fall through, but he would not elaborate."