Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton admits that he hasn’t officially been told the identity of the third Pompey player the Blues are targeting. As reported last night, we understand goalkeeper Stephen Henderson is the third man on boss Paul Jewell’s wish list along with Jason Pearce and Joel Ward.

Discussions are ongoing between the clubs’ off-field management with Appleton admitting that he’s not certain of the third target: “I’ve got a good idea who it is but I haven’t been told about it.

“I don’t want anyone to go but I might get a call at any time. We know the position the club are in.”

But the Pompey boss claims losing members of his already stretched squad isn’t inevitable, particularly if there are developments on the ownership front with Sicilian American businessman Joseph Cala understood to be reviving his move for the club.

“It’s not an absolute must,” he insisted. “From our view, that’s why we don’t have to take the first bid which comes along.”

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SuperReuser added 11:24 - Jan 27 Just had a look through the TWTD news stories for January and these are some of the names we have been linked with since the start of Jaunaury… this is 25 players! We have signed a grand total of 0. Tyrone Barnett Stephen Henderson Dave Kitson Murray Wallace Joel Ward Jason Pearce Nick Powell Michael Owen Keith Andrews Marko Futacs Sean St Ledger Bojan Djordjic Ryan Hall Stephen McManus Matt Richie Paul Caddis Matt Tubbs Jake Howells Aaron Wilbraham Darcy Blake Paul Green Dean Marney Adam Smith Alan Smith Jamie Vardy

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Langdon_Blue added 11:26 - Jan 27 Let's hope we can complete these deals and have another amazing performance against West Ham. It sounds like there will be a big crowd, lets hope the result/performance/atmosphere is similar to the one at Upton Park earlier in the season. COME ON YOOOU BLUES!
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boltzak added 11:29 - Jan 27 Just goes to show you can't believe the gossip.
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geography26 added 11:29 - Jan 27 These on-going talks must have been going well for jewell to get the impression he could add another player to the bid! Surely if it was a certain know he would have given up entirely??
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nitroblue1970 added 11:30 - Jan 27 I can exclusively reveal that the Third man is.......about 8 yards off the boundary behind the slip cordon!
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Duncan added 11:30 - Jan 27 Stump up the cash & get them in if they have 2 legs and can defend has to be better than what we have
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geography26 added 11:30 - Jan 27 *no
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Keaneish added 11:32 - Jan 27 Christ! Pi** off Cala! Can someone look into his dealings being an American-Sicilian business man before he tries to buy Pompey!? We need them players and I'm sure they'd rather play for us than the mafia!! Potentially libelous so I'm expecting the message telling me you've removed this post Phil!!
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pazelle added 11:36 - Jan 27 Harry Lime?
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Dadey added 11:37 - Jan 27 Get the players in ASAP! We need some solid young players to bolster the squad.
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jas0999 added 11:44 - Jan 27 Let's just do some deals.
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slowerball added 11:47 - Jan 27 Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. Starred Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli... Oh, I see what he means. Micky... It's the 'keeper. That clears that up.
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Rossm added 11:54 - Jan 27 Slowerball.... what have you been taking??
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Karlosfandangal added 11:54 - Jan 27 Time is running out now, as if we have taken a week to get this far with theses players, the club only have another 5 days to do a deal with the other targets if these fall through
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Bergholtblue added 12:03 - Jan 27 Pazelle - I like it. I hope that the others posters are not too young to get the joke!
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RedDust added 12:11 - Jan 27 I can reveal the third man has orsen welles in it!
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oldbri added 12:13 - Jan 27 Well done for the list ,SuperReusere but you forgot Uncle Tom Cobbley
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stinkiusminkius added 12:14 - Jan 27 I think I just dropped off
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walberswick added 12:18 - Jan 27 On 4 January 2011, Hutchings was sacked as manager of Walsall. Walsall Record: Played 98 Won 31 Draws 24 Lost 43 Win % 31.63 On 7 December 2009, McCarthy left Truro City FC by "mutual consent" following a 7-2 away defeat to Stourbridge. Looks familiar?
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Help added 12:24 - Jan 27 I still tell you Portsmouth just have to sit out the window, and hope the deal with Cala comes off. Because if it does not they would be stuffed. Dangerous game to play but is it worth taking the risk?
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Mark added 12:33 - Jan 27 Another worry is that Jewell always says he is focussed on preparing the team for a day or two before a match, and we play West Ham on transfer deadline day. So, his attention will be on that Monday and Tuesday. I guess there is Clegg there to work on the deals. Oh dear.
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riley26 added 13:03 - Jan 27 Of the 25 players, we have probably only bid for about 5/6? Not sure if you are suggesting the website is poor for throwing out the rumours it gathers, or whether you are having a go at the club for not bringing any of them in as of yet?
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simonsays added 13:06 - Jan 27 They have good communication down in Portsmouth then!
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lTFC added 13:14 - Jan 27 Cala looks set to pay of debts at pompy as soon as he is in charge anyway so it is highly unlikely that we are going to land 1 let alone 3 pompey players
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bostonusablue added 13:49 - Jan 27 Seriously, why is it taking so long to conclude just one transfer? At this point we should be throwing money at the clubs who have players that we want. We don't have time to piss about! We need players through the door!
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