Birch has implemented a 5,000 pounds-a-week ($7,800) salary cap in an attempt to prolong the club's existence in the short term but long-term progress would require high earners to accept a compromise on the remainder of their deals.
Striker Kanu, who is in Nigeria, has lodged a claim for three million pounds in back pay and defender Tal Ben Haim claimed this week that he was due a similar amount in salary arrears, bonuses and the remainder of his contract.
The other players -- David Norris, Greg Halford, Dave Kitson, Erik Huseklepp and Liam Lawrence -- are all in talks aimed at reaching an agreement or smoothing their transfers away.
Portsmouth, who won the 2008 FA Cup, were deducted 10 points when they returned to administration last season and were duly relegated to League One, where they will begin with a further 10-point penalty.
($1 = 0.6441 pounds) (Writing by John O'Brien in Singapore; Editing by Alastair Himmer)
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