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3 minutes ago
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'Lang news better than we feared'
Callum Lang is expected to be out for around six weeks with the hamstring injury which saw him limp off against Norwich, Portsmouth boss John Mousinho has news on the 26-year-old former Wigan and Oldham forward is better than the club had feared, Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent, though they were still waiting on a second opinion."it's not as bad as we initially feared," he said. "Having spent about three months on the sidelines last time, we are hopeful Callum is going to be about half of that."On the pessimistic side, six to eight weeks, on the optimistic side four to six weeks. If we can land somewhere within that range we'll be pretty happy."Mousinho admitted it was "not ideal" to lose Lang after a bright start to the campaign, adding: "It's one of those things that's very frustrating, having started the season so well, but it's something we just have to deal with."We'll miss him. We missed him at the back end of last season as well. Since he's been in the building Callum has been terrific. We have to learn how to live life without him."Callum's fine, he probably feared the worst when he first had the injury, I think he thought it was going to be a bit worse than it was but he's pretty optimistic at the minute."Mousinho was talking ahead of Saturday's trip to West Bromwich Albion, and covered other topics too:"We won't comment on players contracted to other clubs.""Not necessarily targeting a defender - it's not an area we are prioritising.""Slim chance we get someone in this week but nobody ready to play on Saturday.""Two or three more signings before the end of the window is the aim.""West Brom are a really good side. Ryan Mason had a very good start to his coaching career.""We want more from Adrian Segecic, there's plenty more to come. It's been a decent start but push on.""Same squad as the Norwich game with the exception of Lang."Click here to listen to John Mousinho's full interview via BBC Sounds.
BBC News
2 hours ago
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Williams uses PRP therapy to resolve hamstring issue
Jordan Williams hopes his hamstring problems are behind him after enduring an injury-blighted first season at Fratton 25-year-old right-back moved to Portsmouth last summer after leaving Barnsley but three separate hamstring injuries restricted him to just 20 Championship appearances in his first missed eight games with a hamstring tear either side of Christmas and after just three games back, suffered another which ruled him out of the next 10 returned to make four starts in April but missed out on the final two matches after limping off with a third hamstring injury in the win over Watford on 21 April, after which he underwent platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment to tackle the starting Pompey's opening two matches of the new season, Williams told BBC Radio Solent: "It's good to be back, hopefully the injuries are behind me and I can keep playing football and enjoying it."Explaining the PRP procedure, he said: "You can't feel the benefit of it but you can visualise it as gluing it back together basically and, touch wood, so far it's felt alright and hopefully it can carry on."It's taking the good blood cells out of your blood, spinning them and putting them back into the muscle or the tendon that's been injured. It acts like a bit of a gel to put them back together and make them stronger."It repairs fully anyway, naturally, without even having that, but that's meant to make it even stronger so we went down that route and hopefully it has done that so far."Click here for more from Jordan Williams' interview with BBC Radio Solent, including a look ahead to the clash with West Brom, via BBC Sounds.
BBC News
a day ago
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Hull City have spending restrictions reduced
Hull City have had their three-window transfer fee restrictions reduced to two, with one suspended after appealing against the Championship side were handed the punishment by the English Football League in July after making late payments to other will now be able to pay a fee for a player in next summer's transfer window."As we have demonstrated in recent weeks, we still remain able to sign players – either on loan or as free agents," they said in a statement., external"We want to take this moment to sincerely thank all our fans for their unwavering support during these challenging times."The Tigers have started the league season with four points from two games.
