Alexandre "Sacha" Gaydamak (Hebrew: אלכסנדר גאידמק, born May 1976 in France) is a French and Israeli businessman.
In July 2006 Alexandre Gaydamak became the sole owner of Portsmouth, although Mandarić remained at the club as non-executive chairman until later that year.
[5] He remained the owner of the club until the details of the sale had been finalised on 8 June 2009.
On 22 October 2010, Gaydamak's business acumen was called into question after it was reported that he was demanding a payment of an alleged £2.5 million from his former club Portsmouth.
had received confirmation several times from Gaydamak himself that the terms were agreed and that he was a secured creditor meaning that not only would be paid in full, but he would also be paid before many unsecured creditors who are set to only receive 20% of any debt.