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 didn't comment on this link. But The News understands Lowe isn’t currently on Pompey's wish list, despite being available on a free transfer following his Bournemouth departure.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE1MDVhYTAzLTFmNWYtNDQzZi1hOGY2LWQ5N2VjNWUxNDJkYjozNDYyYjgzOC1iNGMzLTRlNjUtODk0My1lOTE4NTQ0YjYxZTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. Jamal Lowe
Mousinho didn't comment on this link. But The News understands Lowe isn’t currently on Pompey's wish list, despite being available on a free transfer following his Bournemouth departure. | National WorldPhoto: Joe Pepler
![Mousinho said: ‘We won’t be sending Terry out on loan, we want to keep him in. I think he has deserved it and, at the moment, I can see him affecting us in the Championship, unless things change in pre-season. We brought in Terry in the summer of 2023 because we thought he’d be a player that could affect us in the Championship at some point. While we obviously wanted to go up last year, we probably accelerated things slightly quicker than we believed we would. However, I still think Terry’s a player that, off the basis of what I have seen this year in training and how much improvement he has made, can also play for us after making the next step up.'](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/14/15/00/Devlin.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. Terry Devlin
Mousinho said: ‘We won’t be sending Terry out on loan, we want to keep him in. I think he has deserved it and, at the moment, I can see him affecting us in the Championship, unless things change in pre-season. We brought in Terry in the summer of 2023 because we thought he’d be a player that could affect us in the Championship at some point. While we obviously wanted to go up last year, we probably accelerated things slightly quicker than we believed we would. However, I still think Terry’s a player that, off the basis of what I have seen this year in training and how much improvement he has made, can also play for us after making the next step up.' | National World
![Mousinho said: ‘Zak’s contract is something which I think is still ongoing between the agent and the football club. But everything is resolved on that side (with his injury), Zak is fine now. It’s that ongoing problem with his groin, he has been working hard on it to make sure he is back, that should be fine. When he played I thought he had a really good season, he was excellent when he came and deputised for Joe Rafferty at the start. Then we interchanged him with Joe at the back end, we had that luxury. Whenever we discussed team selection, I thought for certain games we would change full-backs and Zak came in against Bansley, but unfortunately got injured.’](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/07/14/27/GettyImages-2148895924.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
11. Zak Swanson
Mousinho said: ‘Zak’s contract is something which I think is still ongoing between the agent and the football club. But everything is resolved on that side (with his injury), Zak is fine now. It’s that ongoing problem with his groin, he has been working hard on it to make sure he is back, that should be fine. When he played I thought he had a really good season, he was excellent when he came and deputised for Joe Rafferty at the start. Then we interchanged him with Joe at the back end, we had that luxury. Whenever we discussed team selection, I thought for certain games we would change full-backs and Zak came in against Bansley, but unfortunately got injured.’ | Getty Images
![Mousinho said: ‘Abs has been away with the England under-20s, and had a massive impact there in the couple of games they’ve played. I’m assuming the new manager at Norwich will want to have a proper look at him before making a decision. You never know, we’ll certainly be there if anything develops from Norwich’s standpoint. We know Abs was excellent for us last season, but you never know what Norwich have in the building, what they’re planning to bring in or what profiles they’re looking for. From our point of view, if Abu becomes available, we’ll be there. So we’ll keep in contact and go from there.’](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/12/10/36/GettyImages-2148877522.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
12. Abu Kamara
Mousinho said: ‘Abs has been away with the England under-20s, and had a massive impact there in the couple of games they’ve played. I’m assuming the new manager at Norwich will want to have a proper look at him before making a decision. You never know, we’ll certainly be there if anything develops from Norwich’s standpoint. We know Abs was excellent for us last season, but you never know what Norwich have in the building, what they’re planning to bring in or what profiles they’re looking for. From our point of view, if Abu becomes available, we’ll be there. So we’ll keep in contact and go from there.’ | Getty Images