Portsmouth weighing Aji Alese deregistration after quad tear as season likely over | OneFootball

"Most likely his season is over," John Mousinho said of loanee Aji Alese, who tore a quad on his Portsmouth debut at Preston and has returned to Sunderland for treatment.

"He's back at Sunderland and if we can get him back quicker then great, we'll see what that looks like. He's still our player, but we are preparing for it to most likely be over," he said, speaking to the Portsmouth News.

"It happened after about five minutes. We had made five substitutions anyway, although I'm sure that wouldn't have made any difference with the injury itself."

"We can apply to deregister Aji. It depends on the length of the injury and that has to be verified by an independent consultant, but we are going to try."

"If you pick up an injury now, you need to show that it's clearly a four-month injury, so around 16 weeks before the player returns. We don't need Aji's space at the moment because we've still got two free spots. It would be useful to have, but we don't need it."

"Aji is obviously disappointed."

"We deregistered Ibane last season with an injury he picked up in September 2024. That was a clear nine or ten-month injury, so it was easy to justify because he wasn't going to play before January."

Source: Sunderland Echo