POMPEY NEW FACES AGREED

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What are the latest updates on Pompey's transfer strategy?

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The latest Pompey news updates every day from the Pompey Sound News Desk. Here's John Messinio on where Pompey are in their quest for new arrivals, heading towards the January transfer window. We are at the shortlist stage. We've cut down the longlist to four or five players in every position. We're still looking at players in every position because we don't know how quickly things are going to change from week to week or day to day. We've got an idea of what we want, we just have to be fluid with it. It's difficult for everyone because the players that are going to be available, clubs wait until after the third round of the FA Cup to see what picture changes at their club. Until they've got a couple of incomings they don't let players go which is probably sensible.

How is Pompey preparing for the January transfer window?

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The most important thing is everybody wants signings through the door really early, but we've done a lot of our business late in January over the three windows I've been here, so it's about patience. So we needn't expect any news until after the third round of the FA Cup is done and dusted. Remember, no replays this year, so if it isn't sorted out... After extra time, then it's penalties. So it will be done and dusted by around about the 13th of January. We play Arsenal, of course, on the 11th of January, which is the Sunday. And I think that there's a couple of games scheduled for the Monday for television slots. So 13th of January. But that's when real negotiations will begin. It's unlikely that any negotiations will have reached near completion point after the

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Third round of the FA Cup with the big clubs and presumably we're going to be tapping up the big clubs for players or at least clubs of championship standard for transfers, premier standard if we're going for more loans and the indication has been that we are going to get at least one, possibly two. I remember reading possibly three loan players. So it's going to be a busy transfer window, but not until after the 12th, 13th of January when negotiations will firm up. And then, of course, there is the business of actually making the signing and achieving the last of the details that have to be in these fat contracts that players have now, each of which have standards. No doubt pages of them, but also have plenty of personal and specific clauses and information relating to the loan.

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Already during the non-transfer window, Sheffield Wednesday have been particularly busy borrowing Joe Lumley from Bristol City. four or five weeks ago. And on the 27th of November, they brought in Nathan Redmond, who was unattached. So that's just a free. And they also brought in Liam Cooper on the 17th of November. But of course, those are desperate measures at Sheffield Wednesday. They have hemorrhaged players as a result of their financial difficulties and the fact that players are are freed of their contractual obligations if they're not being paid and so there was a mass exodus so that's the reason for that they're still not a threat to us so we are still looking as far as relegation goes at beating just two teams is all we need to beat in the league in order to stay up and stay safe

3:22

The frustration around Florian Bianchini's tough spell at Fratton Park just keeps growing. The Swansea loanee is yet to score or provide an assist in his 11 appearances this season, and now finds himself completely out of the matchday squad. Manager John Messinio put his recent absence down to tendonitis in the knee, explaining that the club is handling the issue, week to week. While he was ineligible to face his parent club Swansea anyway, Bianchini was also left out of the 20-man squad for the abandoned match at Charlton and last weekend's game against Blackburn. His path back into the team looks even tougher with Harvey Blair returning to fitness, and the Blues actively looking for more attacking options in the January window.

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Messina admits Pompey have to find a way to get more out of the attacker, who amazingly still hasn't registered a single assist during his 18 months in English football.