The Portsmouth Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Franco Umeh says no to Blackburn Rovers
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Franco Umeh had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Everton come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Portsmouth did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Portsmouth rebuffed over Mateus Mané
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Wolverhampton have kept their man, and Portsmouth go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Denis Bouanga turns down Portsmouth
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Los Angeles Football Club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nicolas Schmid signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolas Schmid commits to Portsmouth for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marezi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Portsmouth this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Benjamin Robinson joins the Portsmouth first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Robinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jason Cunningham joins the Portsmouth first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Portsmouth training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Williams is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Nicolas Schmid knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Jordan Archer goes back to face Millwall
- Squad A wage question at Portsmouth