Portsmouth boss reveals latest injury blow ‘doesn’t look good’ | OneFootball

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho has admitted the injury sustained by Thomas Waddingham in their season opener “doesn’t look good”.

The Australian striker came on as a second half substitute during Pompey’s 3-1 defeat to West Ham. However, just eight minutes after his entrance, he limped off the field on the hour mark.

The 21-year-old missed almost the entirety of last season with injury and could now be set for another spell on the sidelines. The Pompey boss was unhappy with the challenge that forced him off too.

“I really feel for him,” said Mousinho. “When he picks up a soft tissue injury we have to look at ourselves and think what have we done with the rehab and where have we been with building him up.

“That’s on us, but I thought this one was doubly disappointing. Wadds has come off worse off the back of that challenge.

“The most important thing is Wadds and I’m gutted for him. So we’ll deal with the consequences of the refereeing decision over the next couple of days. But it doesn’t look good.”

He continued: “The fact the lad has been out since August last year and has needed to come off after five minutes at West Ham at the London Stadium, that shows it must be something pretty serious.

“I can understand how gutted he is, but we don’t know the extent of it yet. We can clearly see where the contact was made, and it doesn’t look good.”