Burnley FC boss Brian Laws expects Portsmouth FC to be focused for this weekend's game at Turf Moor even if they go into administration.
Pompey are widely expected to become the first Premier League club to go into administration on Friday as they struggle to repay their mounting debts.
Laws believes the opposition will show plenty of heart at Turf Moor, regardless of their plight.
"It doesn't matter what happens with the football club - they (Portsmouth's players) are professionals and I expect them to go out there and give everything, whatever the circumstances," Laws said.
"I have been in that situation myself when I was a young player at Middlesbrough. Very uncomfortable that it was, I think it gelled the team well and everybody stuck together.
"It hasn't surprised me to see their performances, although the results haven't gone well."
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