As you would expect at this time of the year, transfers were on the agenda. So we did our best to extract as much information as we could out of the head coach to determine where the club is exactly during their latest recruitment drive.
He’s a round-up of what he said as the Blues enter the second week of the transfer window.
![Mousinho said: ‘I think so (Pompey could offer what Manchester City would want from a loan). From our point of view, we’ve put ourselves in the best possible position we can. There’s nothing more we can do on that. For Alex and Man City, it will probably be one where we will wait until mid-to-late pre-season to see what their intentions are with Alex, and then we will go from there. It wouldn’t surprise me massively if Alex is a part of their first-team plans in pre-season and it’s a decision they make later on.’](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/25/12/50/GettyImages-1776294717.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Alex Robertson
Mousinho said: ‘I think so (Pompey could offer what Manchester City would want from a loan). From our point of view, we’ve put ourselves in the best possible position we can. There’s nothing more we can do on that. For Alex and Man City, it will probably be one where we will wait until mid-to-late pre-season to see what their intentions are with Alex, and then we will go from there. It wouldn’t surprise me massively if Alex is a part of their first-team plans in pre-season and it’s a decision they make later on.’ | Getty Images
![Mousinho said: ‘We’re really pleased to get Jordan over the line. That’s a real top-end free agent as far as we are concerned, a player we’ve been excited about and following for a while. Then to get Connor Ogilvie’s contract renewal done as well, we are also really happy about that. It’s just about building and making sure we don’t rush into anything. We know pre-season is around the corner and we want to get bodies in through the door, but we’re in a good position and are really, really confident that we’ll be in a strong position by the time we come back.’](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/21/15/50/OgilvieContract-(1).jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
6. Business so far - Jordan Williams and Connor Ogilvie's new contract
Mousinho said: ‘We’re really pleased to get Jordan over the line. That’s a real top-end free agent as far as we are concerned, a player we’ve been excited about and following for a while. Then to get Connor Ogilvie’s contract renewal done as well, we are also really happy about that. It’s just about building and making sure we don’t rush into anything. We know pre-season is around the corner and we want to get bodies in through the door, but we’re in a good position and are really, really confident that we’ll be in a strong position by the time we come back.’ | Portsmouth FC
![Mousinho said: ‘I am going to catch up with Rich, but there have been positive talks for the last couple of weeks and that is something we are confident of being able to get done. Hopefully we will have that done and dusted and boxed off relativity soon. I know we speak about this a lot, but one of the advantages of this structure at the football club is that my interaction with Marlon is purely on the football side. I don’t have to get involved in the contract and money side, so Rich is taking care of everything with Marlon’s agent. It does really allow me to separate the two and hopefully Marlon comes back for the first day of pre-season. All our focus is everything which goes on on the grass and we don’t have to worry about contracts.’](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/30/16/24/GettyImages-2147816058.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Marlon Pack's contract
Mousinho said: ‘I am going to catch up with Rich, but there have been positive talks for the last couple of weeks and that is something we are confident of being able to get done. Hopefully we will have that done and dusted and boxed off relativity soon. I know we speak about this a lot, but one of the advantages of this structure at the football club is that my interaction with Marlon is purely on the football side. I don’t have to get involved in the contract and money side, so Rich is taking care of everything with Marlon’s agent. It does really allow me to separate the two and hopefully Marlon comes back for the first day of pre-season. All our focus is everything which goes on on the grass and we don’t have to worry about contracts.’ | Getty Images
![Mousinho said: ‘That is something which is still ongoing between the agent and the football club. We’ll probably have an update later on, closer to pre-season. Joe is a fantastic player, I think there are some areas we have to make sure we get right with both him and Zak, we had reasons for not taking up their options. It’s just about getting that balance right. Obviously, with Joe, we have the injury to contend with as well, but he is an international player and was excellent last season for large periods. He captained the side in the absence of Marlon as well. I regard Joe really highly and we will get the update on how it’s going.’](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyNTRmODg0LTU0NmYtNDM5ZC05OGI2LWYwZGRjOTI1MzdmZjo3Y2M1YzU5OC01YTlkLTRjNTYtYjU3MC04OTUyNzgyMzYzODg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Joe Morrell's future
Mousinho said: ‘That is something which is still ongoing between the agent and the football club. We’ll probably have an update later on, closer to pre-season. Joe is a fantastic player, I think there are some areas we have to make sure we get right with both him and Zak, we had reasons for not taking up their options. It’s just about getting that balance right. Obviously, with Joe, we have the injury to contend with as well, but he is an international player and was excellent last season for large periods. He captained the side in the absence of Marlon as well. I regard Joe really highly and we will get the update on how it’s going.’Photo: Michael Regan