Gillingham midfielder Ben Thompson heading back to Portsmouth's Fratton Park where he enjoyed a loan spell from Millwall

Ben Thompson will be a free agent this summer but Gillingham's survival bid is all that's on his mind.

The Gills midfielder is returning to Portsmouth on Saturday, where he enjoyed a half-season loan back in 2018, and a club that have often been linked with taking the midfielder back.

Many Pompey fans were hoping to see the 26-year-old return to Fratton Park after his contract at Millwall was mutually terminated in January but he got a call from his old boss Neil Harris and jumped at the chance.

Harris’ appointment as manager of the Gills was key to Thompson signing at the end of the January transfer window, on a deal until the end of the campaign, but his plans beyond this season aren't something he's given much thought to.

“I wouldn’t rule anything out in football, anything can happen,” he said, but added: (It’s the) last two games and I have got a massive job on my hands, the squad has got a massive job on their hands and that is all I am focused on at the moment.

“I have not thought about (my future) at all, I have not heard anything on that front, it's the business end of the season, the last two games are massive, all my focus needs to be on the football pitch.”

He was asked it there was a chance of moving to Pompey in January, rather than the Gills. Was there an offer? “Not that I know of," he said. "No, in the last three and a half years since I have been there, I have not heard anything.

“A lot has changed in the club, management, players, staff, I will see a few friendly faces that I have seen before (on Saturday) but ultimately when it is game time it is business and I am there for the three points.”

Playing under Harris has been just what Thompson needed. He may have joined a team in the mire but it’s a place