APPARENT CITY TARGET CLOSER TO MOVE BUT TO

Lowe closing in on Wigan move


Monday 15th July 2019



He’s been mentioned as a possible target for Cardiff City, but it appears that Jamal Lowe is now closing in on a move to Wigan Athletic this summer.

According to The News, Portsmouth boss Kenny Jackett is adamant that the club have not yet received an acceptable bid, but the Latics are believed to be closing in on an agreement that would see them pay around £3m


There is an air of inevitability at Fratton Park that the winger’s Pompey career is now nearing its conclusion, although Kenny Jackett insists an acceptable bid has yet to be received by Lowe’s former boss Paul Cook.

However, Wigan are closing in on agreement for a deal approaching the £3m price tag the Blues have long held out for.


Intriguingly, the 24-year-old was excused duty from Saturday’s 2-1 friendly victory over the Hawks at Westleigh Park.

Having been listed on the team sheet, Jackett later described it as an error, instead claiming Lowe had actually been granted permission to stay away from their second pre-season fixture.

Now their January 2017 recruit from Hampton & Richmond is edging towards the Fratton exit.


Jackett said: "The Championship club we are talking about have made bids.

"They have been talking to the board of directors at the club, but no bids have been accepted and there’s not an agreement to transfer him.

"Obviously all the speculation is genuine and there has been a lot going on. For Jamal, he will want to make the right decision – as the club do.

"Is his departure inevitable? I don’t know to be honest with you, it may take some time, three parties to have to agree and, if that's the case, I can only stress we haven’t accepted the bid."


According to Jackett, Lowe is expected to today return to Pompey training and the Blues boss has again stressed he does not want to lose last season’s 17-goal leading scorer.

He added: "I would love Jamal to stay, we all recognise him as one of our better players and a key player for us to try to be successful this season."

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we need a midfield pronto

Was we actually in for him? Ive said from day one this doesn't add up. Why release kadeem due to not playing to spend millions on someone to do the same thing.

Was we actually in for him? Ive said from day one this doesn't add up. Why release kadeem due to not playing to spend millions on someone to do the same thing.

I think we will sign a winger, Warnock likes a lot of options wide and generally buys a wide player every season to freshen things up.

Kadeem it could have been a number of things, yes we had the option for another year but we don't know what his wages were. Im sure I read he wanted to leave last summer due to lack of playing time so maybe Warnock just thought its a good time to let him go.

Im not sure on his attitude either, I doubt Warnock liked the reports from him fighting outside night clubs etc.

If we don't get him then it tells me that we never really wanted him as im sure if we did we'd have just offered them 3m and be a much more attractive club to join than Wigan who'll more than likely be fighting relegation.

If we don’t sign this guy I get the feeling that warnock is going too use Patterson as second choice right winger this season, 2 players covering each position in my mind would look like this

RW Mendez/Patterson
Number 10 Reid/Tomlin
LW Murphy/hoillet

I think this would leave us short on options right wing if Mendez gets injured, I can’t see Patterson playing any other way as a target man now so we’d be pretty one dimensional going down the right.

Warnock could well go with this in order too keep funds for other players?

He’s saying he wants to get another 2/3 in. If it’s two I think he will prioritise a new CM and a new striker. If the reports are true we’ve already spent 3.5 million of a 15 million budget leaving us with enough money to land that new midfielder from Bordeaux and potentially a new striker ? Britt assombalonga ? This would push us past our budget but like many have said warnock won’t say his exact budget as it’ll push player prices up, maybe this midfielder from Bordeaux is the bargaining chip with boro to get Britt for cheaper