Teamtalk claim that Best is good friends with Milan Mandaric since their time together at San Jose Earthquakes and that he may join Pompey's backroom staff if they are promoted to the Premiership.
"I want George Best to be closer to our club and when he recovers from his operation we will sit down and thrash things out," said Mandaric. "I would look to George to elevate Portsmouth even higher and I'm sure we can work something out. Whether or not that's on the training pitch I just don't know at this stage."
Best's agent Phil Hughes added: "George is making slow progress but the Pompey invitation is something we will be looking at when he is 100 per cent fit. It could be six to 12 months before George is able to consider any offers but I could see him becoming involved in the PR side of things. Knowing him he would want to be fully involved. He wouldn't just want a one-off, walk-on role because that's not his style."