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Long-serving Portsmouth defender Connor Ogilvie has signed a new two-year contract with the club.
The 30-year-old has made 196 appearances and scored 13 goals since joining the club from Gillingham five years ago.
He helped Pompey win the League One title in 2024 and has gone on to be a regular in the side in the Championship.
“The fact that, whenever fit, he has always featured since I’ve been at
Blackburn Rovers defenders Connor O’Riordan and Eiran Cashin have both returned to training and could feature in Saturday’s game against Stoke City (15:00 BST), boss Michael O’Neill has confirmed.
O’Riordan has played just five games for Rovers since returning from his loan spell with Doncaster Rovers in January after picking up a thigh injury, while Cashin missed the Easter weekend programme with a groin problem.
“They’re potential options for the
Despite suffering an injury needing surgery, Mousinho said there was still a chance he could feature before the end of the season.
“There’s an issue with Zak’s knee, we’re going over a couple of permutations internally in terms of what that looks like and how risky it would be for him to play on it,” Mousinho added.
“We’ll make that descision in the next couple of days, we have to
Roberts, from Crynant, played 152 senior games for Swansea after progressing through the club’s academy ranks.
The 2021 Championship play-off final loss to Brentford proved to be his final appearance before he was sold to Burnley in a cut-price deal because he had only a year left on his Swansea contract.
Roberts said he wants to make “good memories” at Swansea “when I do go back and play for them
Roberts moved to Burnley – who were then in the top flight – after Swansea were beaten by Brentford in the 2021 Championship play-off final.
Last Sunday’s win over Swansea saw the right-back make his 100th appearance for the Clarets.
Having spent the second half of 2023-24 on loan at Leeds United, Roberts has featured on 12 occasions for Burnley so far this season, helping Scott Parker’s team to fourth
“You want to get the win as soon as possible. It’s obviously been a bit longer than we had hoped but fingers crossed that we can turn it around on Saturday.”
By Saturday evening, Portsmouth will have already played all three of the sides relegated from the Premier League, as well as three of last season’s top eight in the Championship in a tricky set of opening fixtures.
“Everyone knew
Portsmouth defender Connor Ogilvie has agreed a new two-year deal with the club.
The 28-year-old has made 117 appearances for Pompey since arriving from Gillingham in 2021 and played a key role in his side’s promotion to the Championship last season.
The former England youth international and product of Tottenham Hotspur’s academy has scored eight goals for Portsmouth, including two last season in wins over Barnsley and Northampton Town.
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