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Pompey Retained List: Summer 2024

New deals offered to Pack and Ogilvie

1 May 2024

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Club News

Pompey Retained List: Summer 2024

New deals offered to Pack and Ogilvie

1 May 2024

Portsmouth Football Club have offered new contracts to captain Marlon Pack and defender Connor Ogilvie.

Options have not been taken up on Joe Morrell and Zak Swanson, but negotiations are ongoing with both players.

Pompey can also confirm that 10 players will be leaving the club when their contracts expire this summer.

Sean Raggett, Joe Rafferty, Lee Evans, Josh Martin, Matt Macey, Ryan Schofield, Haji Mnoga, Harry Jewitt-White, Liam Vincent and Josh Dockerill are all set to depart.

In addition, Tino Anjorin, Abu Kamara, Myles Peart-Harris and Alex Robertson have returned to their parent clubs following the end of their loan spells.

Colby Bishop, Terry Devlin, Paddy Lane, Callum Lang, Tom Lowery, Tom McIntyre, Owen Moxon, Will Norris, Regan Poole, Christian Saydee, Anthony Scully, Conor Shaughnessy, Jack Sparkes, Ben Stevenson, Toby Steward, Ryley Towler, Gavin Whyte and Kusini Yengi all remain under contract.

Pompey head coach John Mousinho said: “It’s always tough to tell players that they’re not going to receive new contracts and the fact this team has been so successful makes it doubly difficult.

"We have needed to make some incredibly tough decisions and I get on with all the lads, so I wish them nothing but the best moving forward."

John Mousinho

“There are guys who certainly deserve to get a deal because of the instrumental role they’ve played in helping us secure the League One title.

“That’s particularly true for Sean Raggett and Joe Rafferty, who have both been excellent, but I have no doubt there will be a lot of interest in them, as there will for the other guys who are leaving.

“But it’s important that we separate the sentiment from the reality of competing in the Championship next season.

“For that reason we have needed to make some incredibly tough decisions and I get on with all the lads, so I wish them nothing but the best moving forward.

“I would also like to thank Chelsea, Norwich, Brentford and Manchester City for loaning us their players, all of whom made an important impact over the course of the season.”

Raggett scored 17 goals in 239 appearances for Pompey after arriving – initially on loan – from Norwich in 2019, while Rafferty featured 68 times across the past two seasons.

Martin and Evans both joined during the 2023/24 campaign, with the latter having now won promotion from League One for a fourth time.

Macey returned to Fratton Park in January after enjoying a successful loan spell last season and fellow keeper Schofield made six cup outings this term.

Jewitt-White, Mnoga and Vincent have all gained experience out on loan, while Dockerill penned his first professional deal last summer and has recently returned to fitness following a knee injury.

Portsmouth Football Club can also confirm that academy scholars Mitch Aston, Kevin Bosaka, Sam Folarin, Jack Fox, Maxwell Hurst, Harvey Laidlaw, Koby Mottoh, Dan Murray, Destiny Ojo, Malachi Osei-Owusu, Brian Quarm and Bastian Smith have not been offered new deals.

"We feel that we’ve put in place a framework that gives them options after we had to deliver the disappointing news about their futures with the club."

Greg Miller

Academy manager Greg Miller said: “We’ve been consistent in our approach and assessed the players on an ongoing basis throughout the season.

“Some of them have shown a stronger level of consistency and received exposure to first team training and also cup matches.

“That process then led to discussions with sporting director Rich Hughes and head coach John Mousinho. The sad news this year is that we felt nobody had quite reached the levels that are necessary – which, of course, have risen this season.

“Players can develop at different rates and our attention now shifts to helping the boys who are leaving us. Some of them have either had trials elsewhere or are about to commence them, while others may decide their journey lies in non-league football, employment or full-time education.

“We feel that we’ve put in place a framework that gives them options after we had to deliver the disappointing news about their futures with the club.”


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