Portsmouth FC Shortages, injuries and square pegs: Portsmouth's glaring selection weakness heading to Leeds By Neil Allen Published 6th Aug 2024, 17:00 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now For Pompey, it’s a case of last men standing in the only department they have yet to strengthen this summer. As if a trip to Elland Road for their first fixture back in the Championship wasn’t daunting enough, they have just two available centre-halves for the season opener. Of the Blues’ eight transfer window recruits so far, not a single one is a conventional central defender.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. It’s a glaring weakness exposed due to Tom McIntyre still being sidelined by injury, Regan Poole yet to return to full training following his ACL, while Sean Raggett has departed. In addition, triallist Jamal Baptiste is no longer at Fratton Park, despite John Mousinho revealing he would be interested in bringing the former West Ham and Manchester City defender b.