Portsmouth chief executive Mark Catlin is confident that with investment the club can make a return to the Premier League after their confirmed their place in League One for next season.
Portsmouth secured their promotion to the third tier on Monday with a 3-1 victory against Notts County at Meadow Lane, after four years in League Two.
Pompey had had two administrations since their relegation from the Premier League in 2010.
"Unfortunately for Portsmouth it's been scarred by a history of bad owners, generally. Not everyone, Milan Mandaric when he was our owner here was really highly regarded," Catlin told Sky Sports.
"I liken it to girlfriends. You might have a string of bad girlfriends but that doesn't stop you looking for the next one and hopefully one day one will become your wife and you live happily ever after.
"Hopefully, possibly Michael Eisner might be that one."
Portsmouth entered a 70-day exclusivity agreement with the American businessman Eisner and his Tornante Group with a view to the club being sold. Talks are ongoing.
Catlin is optimistic that Portsmouth can make a return to the top division and believes the foundations are in place for swift progress.
"As a club I think we can," Catlin said.
"I think we are now set up, we've got great foundations to do that it's just how fast and how quickly we do that and a lot of that will require an amount of investment we can bring into the club."
Since Paul Cook took over as manager in May 2015 there has been a steady progression and upturn in the club's fortunes.
The Englishman led Portsmouth to sixth in his first full season before succumbing to Plymouth in the play-off semi-final last season, but Cook has now helped secure a much-needed promotion and boosted aspirations for the south coast club.
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