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Portsmouth FC 'Not sure' - Portsmouth boss John Mousinho admits on-loan Sunderland attacker Adil Aouchiche might have played last game for club By Mark McMahon Comment Published 23rd Apr 2025, 12:31 BST Adil Aouchiche | National World Adil Aouchiche might have played his last game for Pompey. Sign up to our Portsmouth FC newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Blues head coach John Mousinho has admitted he’s not sure whether he’ll play the on-loan Sunderland attacking midfielder again after he suffered a wrist injury against Norwich on Good Friday.
The fracture forced him off in the 85th minute at Carrow Road, with Mousinho hailing the Frenchman’s display that day as his best in a Pompey shirt following his arrival in January . Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Aouchiche was then handed another start against Watford on Monday as the Blues looked to confirm their Championship safety. However, he was replaced at half-time by Christian Saydee as he struggled to cope with the injury.
Now, according to his manager, there’s doubts whether the 22-year-old will add to the 12 games he’s already clocked up against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and Hull’s visit to Fratton Park on the final day of the season. Speaking to The News on Wednesday, Mousinho said: ‘Aouchiche had the fracture prviously, he tried to play with it (against Watford) and it just wasn’t right. So I don’t think we’ll see Adil play at the weekend.
‘He’s fine, the injury is the same, it’s just a case of trying to test it to see if can play with it. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad ‘It’s one of those things, it doesn’t obviously affect him football-wise, but he can’t hold players off, can’t properly close players down, can’t really go into challenges and I think that plays on your mind and that starts to affect the playing side as well. ‘I’m not sure we’ll risk him inless he’s 100-per-cent.
’ In other injury news, Mousinho confirmed both Jacob Murphy and Colby Bishop are fine for this weekend’s trip to Hillsborough after they were both substituted in the second half against Watford with knocks. However, he confirmed Jordan Williams will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury - a setback that will see him receive treatment for the next 6-8 weeks. More to follow.
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