Portsmouth have recalled keeper Asmir Begovic from his loan spell with the Blues after David James picked up a calf injury in the warm-up ahead of their game at Stoke yesterday. The Bosnian international was due to remain with Town until January.

Begovic made six appearances for the Blues in just over a month at the club, taking over from Richard Wright after the former England man had made a number of crucial errors.

Manager Roy Keane will now have to decide whether to return to Wright or look at bringing in another loan keeper before Thursday's deadline. Prior to signing Begovic, Keane made an enquiry to Birmingham City regarding the availability of Irish international Colin Doyle.

The Blues also have Arran Lee-Barrett in their ranks with the former Hartlepool man contracted until January when new signing Brian Murphy officially joins the club on a Bosman from Irish side Bohemians.

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hype313 added 11:16 - Nov 23 Gutted.
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Txuri_UrdinAurrera added 11:19 - Nov 23 doh!
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PablosRightBoot added 11:19 - Nov 23 :(. Good luck Asmir! Thanks for your service!
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firmfoundations added 11:20 - Nov 23 Have that doomed feeling
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jonny_wark added 11:21 - Nov 23 Bugger.
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Tractorboi4eva added 11:25 - Nov 23 the worst news i have heard in a very long time !!! x
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jakeitfcster added 11:26 - Nov 23 FFS that means wrightys back!
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squiz added 11:28 - Nov 23 Bad news, we have looked very solid at the back with him in goal.
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danknott added 11:31 - Nov 23 Damm this season......pass me the Gun....
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SomershamBlue added 11:33 - Nov 23 That's a shame - he's been a real asset for us.
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sussexbluenthru added 11:35 - Nov 23 Wow How much more Good News can we take.Please Please Please someone post something positive, like defoe on loan for the rest of the season........ Solid performance at the weekend, come on wrighty you can do it !!!!!!!
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ITFC1985 added 11:35 - Nov 23 Maybe this will work in our favour, the time Wrights been out of goal might have given him a wakeup call and now he knows Keane wont stand for anymore mistakes anbd this could may make him more solid, its not the end of the world Begovic did very well for us but we have a very good keeper to come back in to replace him. COYB
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FormerlyCGS added 11:36 - Nov 23 Richard wright is solid, I have no problems with him playing if the defense continues to perform. CMON KEANE OUT
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muhrensleftfoot added 11:40 - Nov 23 I did not understand why we loaned him at the time, but hats off to RK on this one, as he seems to have helped steady our leaky defense. Pity he's gone back but I still think Richard Wright is a top class keeper
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Thetruth added 11:43 - Nov 23 Time for some mis-timed catches, gifted goals to the opposition and poor command of the area..............Welcome back Wrighty
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Liverpool_blu added 11:45 - Nov 23 Could we not loan them Wrighty instead !!!!
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SomershamBlue added 11:45 - Nov 23 RW is a good keeper who made a few mistakes which cost us dear at a time when we were desparate for wins - and I know, we still are. Given James' record of injuries it was always on the cards that Begovic would have to go back early.
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AJblue added 11:49 - Nov 23 By all reports,Begovic wanted to stay here. I imagine he is as gutted as us. What a big miss,defence has looked a 100 times better with him behind them
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naa added 11:49 - Nov 23 I always thought that getting a loan keeper to 'solve' your keeping crisis was a big mistake. It would have to end at some point. Wrighty is a good keeper, always has been. He'd made a few mistakes but last season he showed that he could get through them. This season however, he's now had his confidence wiped and will probably come back as bad or worse. Mind you, having said that, he wasn't responsible for the rubbish defending in front of him (maybe a bit towards the end). Now that that has improved greatly maybe he'll be fine.

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sonian_blue added 11:49 - Nov 23 This is bad news, this guy seemed to have instilled confidence in the back four, hence the improved defensive displays. Plug instills a lack of confidence and with two very difficult away games coming up it couldn't have come at a worse time. Hope I am wrong but the immediate future looks grim.
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sussexbluenthru added 12:02 - Nov 23 Common now, I think we are missing the point, the defense is looking a lot better now, and Bergi has been great, but lets not forget the rest of the defence, I think we have looked a lot more solid at the back in the last couple of months, The real problem is the other end....we can't buy a goal at the moment,common keano sort us out a striker ! and fast....
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YousBeTrollin added 12:11 - Nov 23 Does no-one else think it is somewhat of a coincidence that the 6 games he's been in goal we have gone unbeaten? Not great news to be honest with ya.
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BeattiesBeerGut added 12:11 - Nov 23 Disappointed, Bergovic is a very good keeper, and less prone to clangers than FA Cup. Still RW can be Prem class on his day, just needs consistency.
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agc232 added 12:15 - Nov 23 bad news... but..... lets have some confidence! Wrighty has had some time off to get his head sorted! COYB
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TractorRoyNo1 added 12:22 - Nov 23 Now we will see if Wright is really up to the job, it is a great shame this guy looked like a 'proper keeper'.
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