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BBC News
27-01-2025
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'Mousinho finally has options in defence'
Portsmouth tried to sign Hayden Matthews last summer but couldn't reach agreement with Sydney FC. Now they have got their Thomas Waddingham this is the capture of a very promising young player however Matthews is considered much closer to being ready to play in the Championship than the Pack has played the past three months as a makeshift centre-back so it was clearly a position Portsmouth needed the arrival of Rob Atkinson on loan and Conor Shaughnessy now close to fitness John Mousinho will finally have the options in defence. It's been a position cursed by injury this there is a big gap in standard between the A-League and the Championship but Portsmouth believe it's a country and a league where there is good value for money in the transfer market.
BBC News
27-01-2025
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- BBC News
Portsmouth sign Australia defender Matthews
Portsmouth have signed Australia defender Hayden Matthews for an undisclosed fee from A-League club Sydney 20-year-old, who won his first cap in November, has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Championship is the second Australian to move to Fratton Park this month after striker Thomas Waddingham joined from Brisbane in Australia say Portsmouth have paid £1.26m for Matthews - making him the most expensive defender in Australian football. "He's a really promising young centre-back and player that we've been tracking for quite some time," Portsmouth manager John Mousinho told the club website."There wasn't the opportunity to bring him over here in the summer, so we're delighted that he's been able to join us now."Hayden is someone with a huge amount of potential, but he's already played a lot of first-team games in a short amount of time."He's 6ft 5in, but is also very mobile and doesn't just rely on his height. There's a real physicality there, while he's calm and composed with the ball at his feet."
