Mick

In this January window, that strategy, the investment for the future, has had, simply had to take a backseat because of the shortcomings in the summer.

In fact, you could probably only count ma dio dio dia, ma dio dio dia,

as a potential investment.

And he only arrived at PO4 when a considerable effort to prize another, a different, promising centre back from Dundee failed to be concluded.

Someone that I gather we may go back to in the future.

But Madio Diodia joins Agialis

in the central defender's pool at Pompey.

It's quite a large pool, but that's because we've got so many injury problems with the lads in that particular part of the defence.

Adji Alise is a boy from Sunderland.

He's 25 and he's on loan.

And he sounds really promising.

It sounds as though Sunderland have got great hopes for him.

But he hasn't played enough football for them and enough football for himself, I'm sure, because he's had injury problems and he's still learning the game.

But he's a loan.

I mean, there's no reason why we can't convert a loan into a permanent signing if we are really impressed by the boy.

All will be revealed.

We'll all enjoy having a look at him.

Another loan signing has flown in from South America.

which is exotic for PO4.

And that's Gustavo Caballero.