NEW INCOMING POSSIBLES
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What are the latest updates on Pompey transfers?
The latest Pompey news. Updates every day from the Pompey Sound Newsdesk. A quick rundown on the current transfer stories involving Pompey. John Massinio today confirmed they're prioritising bringing a new striker to Pompey. We've had Tom Waddingham injured and too much strain on Matt Kirk and Colby. We didn't expect Matt to play as much as he has so soon. With Callum Lang out as well and looking at the injuries you can see why we're looking there. Then there's the lack of goals we've scored. we get into the final third really well but aren't doing enough with it when we have enough attacking players at our disposal that will change possibly we'd sign a 10 but goal scoring attackers in that area aren't easy to find that's the trade-off if you want to buy a guaranteed goal scorer at the level they cost a huge amount and there's not many of them available or you could take a risk abroad there's quite a few permutations what we're keen to do is get a couple of pieces of the puzzle in place and go from there
Meanwhile Birmingham's head coach reckons his former winger Kishi Anderson would be a steal for a club like Pompey. He says with Kishi I said to him in the first sort of two weeks of pre-season because I trained the players, that I noticed in maybe the fifth session that he was a reliable winger.
Why is Pompey prioritizing a new striker?
I started thinking that it was no coincidence that when the games really mattered last year he played, and the managers played him. I thought that was quite interesting and then the more I watched him I thought he works he presses he defends, and then he can take it forward, with that quality. They're the kind of wingers I want, I don't want wingers who are good going forward and they don't run backwards, I hate those wingers. So Keshi fitted into that really well and I think he's grown in confidence he knows I trust him he's popped up with a lot of goals and assists. I think goal contributions per 90 minutes he's in the top three this season he's had a great year. Elsewhere we understand Pompey tested the waters with a bid for the 6ft 4in striker Nesta Elfigue, matching what's believed to be his £1m valuation, but the Ligue 2 side wasn't willing to let the Frenchman go.
It now seems the club will look at other options this January, with concerns over how long it would take Elfie Gueye to adapt to the Championship. Pompey have had their eye on the 25-year-old for months, and he was high on their striker shortlist for this window. Talk of a deal heated up in recent days, especially when the in-form forward was left out of his team's weekend defeat to Red Star. Usually a sure sign a transfer is close. For now though, it looks like a move to Fratton Park is off the table, and Elfie Gueye will be staying in the French Alps.
It sounds as though the Birmingham manager, Chris Davies, isn't it, is trying to help Kishi Anderson move on. They've had to let him go six months ahead of his contract actually expiring because they want to make room for some of the... Quite expensive acquisitions that are coming in at Birmingham. A glowing recommendation on Kishi and his abilities. Although I noticed that Davis also praised himself for spotting what turns out to be, in his opinion, well, he would say this, wouldn't he? Because he's the guy who directed it, turning Kishi into an attacking winger who also gets back and presses and plays the whole game. and we certainly would enjoy having a winger, provided he can do the main job.
which is beat men, get the assist in and score some goals. Providing he can do that, then anything else is icing on the cake. But getting back and covering territory is something that Pompey cherish in our wide midfield players or wingers, call them what you will. So that's Kishi Anderson. Nesta Elfige, still not sure how to pronounce it, probably doesn't matter because he probably isn't coming to us. Shame. The story is that Pompey did table a bid for him, but his club wanted in excess of what Pompey bid. And that must happen all the time in football during transfer windows.
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