Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley has confirmed that his club has accepted a bid for winger Michael Jacobs, who TWTD revealed yesterday was at Town to complete the formalities on a move to the Blues.

The 29-year-old was left out of the Pompey squad for their opening-day game 1-0 win at Fleetwood and afterwards Cowley confirmed an offer had been accepted, although without specifying the other club.

“I believe there has been a bid accepted from another club,” Cowley told HampshireLive.

“That happened yesterday. Michael is a really good kid, a great professional and is technically really gifted. Probably had a frustrating time because of injuries. We would’ve loved to have kept him.

“Realistically, he is a high earner playing in the same position as someone like Ronan Curtis and it just allows us to use that money to hopefully add to the balance of the squad and that is what we have decided to do.

“You are looking to use the money as intelligently as you can and we have had brilliant support from our owners and I want to shout it from the rooftops.

“They have spent so much money on this football club, the stadium and the training ground.

“We are clear on what the budget is and what we have got to do and we’re trying to navigate around it intelligently. Sometimes you have got to wait for other clubs to want your players and when they do, then we can’t always manage the timing.

“It was a shame to lose Michael yesterday, but under the circumstances, you have a decision to make.”

We understand Jacobs’s signing is set to be confirmed in the next few days, while Hayden Coulson’s loan from Middlesbrough is set to finally go through on Monday.

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deano85 added 18:47 - Aug 7 Funny how he bought money into it...
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jas0999 added 19:18 - Aug 7 We need a CB!
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Mark added 19:24 - Aug 7 Another quality attacking player joining then. I am not sure how we will fit them all in! A nice problem to have, just so long as we invest in the defence too.
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Phil1969 added 19:27 - Aug 7 Jas absolutely no way are we getting promoted with current centre backs unless Edmundson is John Stones in disguise!
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Skip73 added 20:05 - Aug 7 Jas correction, we need 2 CB's.
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Marcus added 20:30 - Aug 7 Squad is starting to develop depth in midfield and up front. Need a second keeper and some new faces in defence. It's clear we are still a work in progress, which is much better than where we were.
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ArnieM added 20:43 - Aug 7 We need at least 2 CB's who have experience IMO.
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Lukeybluey added 20:50 - Aug 7 another centre mid, centre defender and these lads, then I think we'll be in decent shape until January.
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pg888 added 00:42 - Aug 8 Disagree with we need another keeper. If holy is happy to be number 2 we are never going to find another keeper better then him willing to warm the bench
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CavendishBlue added 07:02 - Aug 8 What's Tyronne Mings doing these days....?
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Essexnblue added 08:31 - Aug 8 The priority has to be 2 new centre backs, I turned up yesterday expecting to seeing a new dawn. I did in full backs, midfield and attack, but I saw 2020 defending from the 2 centre backs who at first sight do not appear to have improved or learned. 3 attacks from Morecambe in the whole game and each time the centre backs were at fault. 2 new mobile central defenders please Mr Ashton

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Bazza8564 added 09:26 - Aug 8 Id be very surprised if we don't add Coulson plus at least one more CB this week. Jay did reasonably well yesterday but we lack depth and quality
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