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I already wanted to call him up when he was at Nacional, he was doing very well at that time," Alfaro said.

The Paraguay boss also addressed Caballero's difficult spell after leaving South America, particularly his lack of continuity at Santos.

Then he moved to Santos and you expect him to play in an intense competition but he didn't have much continuity.

However the move to Portsmouth has changed that trajectory.

Alfaro sees the Championship as an environment where Caballero is now proving himself.

Then he goes to the second division in England he gets continuity and quickly shows the abilities he has.

Right now he is one of those taking that European step.

Profile fits Paraguay's needs for the WC Gustavo Caballero's profile also fits what Paraguay are currently looking for in attack, especially in moments where the team needs a direct threat.

We need a player who can change the game, someone with verticality, with speed, with a different step in certain moments of the match, Alfaro explained.

EFL pundit Curtis Davies believes it will be an unbelievable effort from the head coach to keep his team in the second tier this term.

And, achieving that job on meagre resources in championship terms, raises questions about the direction headed by Pompey under the Eisners.

In the eyes of the former West Brom Aston Villa and Derby County man.

The former defender feels Pompey have to assess their direction of travel in the event of staying up.

And he wouldn't be surprised if Misenio looked to move on.

In an interview with Hyper, Davies said.

So little to talk about with the international break, but that never stops Steve Bone.

Yes, yes.

so let's start with we have to start with qpr because we've been looking forward to your take on it um yeah and it's it's several days old now but the hurt is still there

The big data collection organisation, Opta, published something.

We carried it as a news story.