Chapter 1: What recent football news updates are highlighted?
The latest Pompey news updates every day from the Pompey Sound News Desk. Football League World, the football news agency, are peddling an exclusive. It's mainly aimed at Charlton, but they also include Pompey as being one of the teams that ought to be interested in the following available footballer.
Davis Keylor Dunn looks like he could be heading towards the exit door at Oakwell this January, and clubs around the EFL should be on high alert for his situation. As per the FLW exclusive, Barnsley are willing to listen to offers for star forward Keylor Dunn this January, with the Englishman bound to be high on many teams' shopping list.
Keylor Dunn has netted 11 times and grabbed one assist in 21 Ligue 1 games so far this season, and since joining the Tykes from Mansfield in the summer of 2024, he has been their main man up top.
With Barnsley said to be willing to part ways with the 28-year-old this January to bring in some money, there will be numerous teams in Ligue 1 and the EFL Championship, who will be interested in obtaining his signature.
Despite showing some positive signs in the early stages of the campaign, with impressive away victories over the likes of Sheffield United and Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic find themselves slipping towards a relegation battle. Led by the polarising Nathan Jones the addict's form in front of goal has been patchy at best.
Prior to their 2-2 draw away to Blackburn Rovers, none of their strikers had scored more than two goals, with Charlie Kelman, Myles Liebern and Isaac Olefe all struggling in the final third this campaign.
Sonny Carey remains their top scorer with five, and if Charlton are to climb their way away from relegation contenders, reinforcements in attacking areas simply must be a priority at the Valley this winter.
Keylor Dunn fits the mould as to what Jones likes in a player, having vast experience in the EFL, a proven ability to consistently hit the back of the net, and being able to play several positions across the front line.
Whether Charlton would be willing to meet the demands of Barnsley though remains to be seen, but Charlton would be wise to try their luck for the 28-year-old to bolster their survival prospects.
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Chapter 2: Who is Keylor Dunn and why is he attracting EFL interest?
Further to his absence from this event, Markelo has posted a mysterious comment on Instagram consisting merely of two words, news soon.
All the signs are that he's on his way out of the door, and expects the deal to be completed soon, which will involve a sum of money somewhere between 1.6 and 1.8 million pounds or euros depending on how the deal is done, and that sum of money going into the Swiss team's Swiss bank account. Yes, this chap appeared on a previous and earlier Pompey Sound News bulletin.
The fact that he makes a second appearance in no way suggests that there's an increase in the likelihood of him turning up at Fratton Park. But it does look as though the likelihood is increasing that he's on his way somewhere. And if I was a professional footballer and took pride in every aspect of my appearance and status and image, I don't think I'd want to be seen curling.
It's very Swiss, isn't it? Is it a Swiss thing? It seems like a northern European thing. Curling. Is it that one where they send a cheese down the ice? And people stand ahead, skate ahead of it, sweeping in the hope that like in bowls, lawn bowls, it's whoever gets their cheese nearest the little disc at the other end of the ice. And it's I suppose perhaps there's a bit of fun to it.
But if I was pushed, I think I'd sooner go paintballing. Anyway, 1.6 to 1.8 million is probably out of our league at the moment, much to the chagrin, good word, of a number of Pompey fans. But there's plenty of time to go in the window. February 2nd, it goes on until. And we have to be patient and we must wait and see. Mikel Arteta is talking to top sports agency haters about his team for Sunday.
Arsenal are heading back to Fratton Park for the FA Cup, a trip that's bound to stir some surreal memories for Mikel Arteta. The last time he was in the dugout there, back in March 2020, football, and the entire world, was on the verge of shutting down. Arsenal got the win that night, on their way to lifting the trophy that summer, but for Arteta, the memory is a deeply personal one.
I wasn't feeling great to be fair, he recalled, the moment we scored I was desperate to go home I was shaking. Just days later, the Covid-19 pandemic brought everything to a halt, turning that night on the south coast into an unlikely bookmark at the start of an unforgettable era. Four years later Arsenal return as a much stronger force, but Arteta is quick to dismiss any talk of past glories.
For the current squad it's all about the here and now. We get judged for what we do today, he said. Last week is not important, we'll be judged for what we're able to do at the end of the season. That relentless focus is driving Arsenal's FA Cup campaign this year. Arteta famously won it in his first season but in a virtually empty Wembley.
The hunger to lift trophies in front of the fans is what really fuels the team. And the big ones as well, he added. That's what we are chasing. That's the purpose of this team. On the team news front there's good news especially concerning Kai Havertz who is getting closer to his first appearance of the season.
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Chapter 3: What challenges is Charlton Athletic facing this season?
We have to make sure everybody is participating we continue to perform and win games, he said. Goalkeeper Kepa Rizabalaga, who has looked sharp in the League Cup, is one of those pushing for a start. Riccardo Calafiori however is expected to miss out as this game comes a little too soon for him.
There's also a question mark over Piero Hincapie after he came off injured against Liverpool on Thursday which could open the door for Myles Lewis-Skelly to make his case. He's playing and he's doing well, Arteta said of the young prospect, he needs to continue to do that. No surprises in any of Arteta's pronouncements about the upcoming tie.
It's almost compulsory for the team, a division, a tier higher than the other team to talk about avoiding complacency.
It's difficult to imagine Arteta shaking like a leaf when they went 1-0 up against Pompey, but it's worth remembering that although it's widely believed that the arsenal of today is considerably stronger than the arsenal of four years ago, it's worth remembering that they did go on to win it that year, win the FA Cup. So, an interesting game in prospect.
Team selection will cause an awful lot of conversation in the hour or so before kick-off. Both Pompey's team, are they going to be the strongest possible side that John Massino can field? Or is he going to hold back on a few of his players who perhaps could benefit from an extra week R&R? Sorry, sounded a bit like a pirate saying that. Rest and relaxation is what I meant.
And ditto goes with Arteta. He's got players coming back from an injury break. The question is, are they going to be able to perform at 100%, which he says... is what Arsenal always expect of a player when they pull on their Arsenal shirt.
And just a quick reminder, it will be the traditional Arsenal shirt that the players will be in for the clash at Fratton Park and not the much derided all-white kit that they think, Arsenal fans think, has brought them bad luck over the last few years.
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