Portsmouth chief identifies position to strengthen in final piece of January transfer business

Kenny Jacket has already signed Harvey White, Charlie Daniels and George Byers this month.

With Rasmus Nicolaisen and Jordy Hiwula staying, the Blues boss is now happy with his outfield options.

However, Alex Bass’ calf injury has forced Pompey to consider plunging in the market one last time.

Presently, the only back-up alternative to Craig MacGillivray is rookie Duncan Turnbull and teenager Taylor Seymour.

The solution could be to deregister Turnbull – who has been in the Blues’ last five match-day squads – and add a more experienced number two.

And Mark Catlin revealed it’s a transfer dilemma occupying their thoughts.

He told The News: ‘Any more business will depend on injuries, we could pick up one in the next few days, but as a whole we are pretty much done.

‘Possibly under the cap we could squeeze another player in, if absolutely required.

‘Not wanting to look at any particular position on the pitch, but, with Alex injured, it has to be judged whether we need another goalkeeper.

‘I think that’s the one position - and we have one space left.

‘If there is any injury now we would have to react, but given the constraints of the salary cap and the squad we’ve got, overall it looks very balanced and covered in most areas.

‘However, we are still on the lookout. You can deregister and add players still, so that would have to come from within the squad and is dependent on injuries at the moment.

‘Registration has to be completed when the transfer window closes and at that point we have to make a decision.

‘The only position you have more of a flexibility is the goalkeeper. The emergency loan rules mean you can bring a keeper in if you don’t have any fit professional keepers after the window.