Duncan Barkes

It's show business and business business.

So Pompey held out for the best possible fee that they could get.

But the implication by Moon appears to be, and I could have this totally wrong, because he doesn't specify which of the transfer dealings turned a little bit acrimonious.

He does point the finger at the fact that John Messina was relatively quiet about Lang going once that going had been confirmed.

I think Moon says something along the lines of it wasn't the oft-used, terse, ten-word sentence thanking the player for their service and wishing them luck in the future.

There was a bit more than that, as you would expect of John Messina, because he's adroitly diplomatic about everything.

But it is an interesting take and an angle that we hadn't spotted, had you, on Pompey's transfer window, that one of the transfers, and again, it's not specified which, but we think he's talking about Lange, turned acrimonious.

There's always more than enough to talk about when Steve Bone pitches up on Pompey Sound and podcast, of course.

But today that is especially the case because we are still having the dust settle on an extremely busy final day of the transfer window.

So, Steve, I'm just going to say Pompey's transfer window and over to you.

Oh, wow.

OK, shall we start with Callum Lang then?

Your thoughts there?

Yeah.

Dobbing around then, Gustavo Cavaliero.

I think Brighton have got a couple of Paraguayans.

They've certainly got one, I think, on their books.

I wonder if there was a phone call there and he said, what are these things that apparently I need called gloves?

It's 80 degrees, 28.

Yeah, Brad Wall is getting a lot of credit for that.