“Really exciting” – Portsmouth fan pundit reacts as Pompey eye transfer move for West Brom player

05.07.2022 - 16:41 msn.com

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk‘ series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more… Portsmouth had a fairly good season last year as they finished tenth in the league and one player that stood out for them was goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu who joined the club on loan from Manchester City. However, after returning to his parent club, the goalkeeper has now been signed by Premier League Southampton.

In Pompey’s search for a new goalkeeper, they are linked with Josh Griffiths from West Brom with Steve Bruce considering his future at the Hawthorns.

Griffiths spent last season on loan with Lincoln City and we asked FLW’s Portsmouth fan pundit Tom for his thoughts on the potential arrival at Fratton Park: “Yeah, the Josh Griffiths one is really exciting. “I think Lincoln had a good season with him.

I spoke to a friend of mine who’s a Lincoln fan and he told me that he has got a mistake in him but he’s a good keeper which is what we need. “Obviously, we’re used to the sort of levels of Gavin Bazunu which is a cut above in League One, a cut above in the Championship and he’s now going to be first choice, unfortunately it is down the road, but he’s going to be first choice in the Premier League next season which I think speaks volumes about that man. “Will Josh Griffiths be able to follow in his footsteps and be able to provide the kind of consistency in terms of a safe pair of hands between the sticks?

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