ADIL INJURY FRUSTRATION

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho has admitted that Adil Aouchiche has likely played his last game on loan from Sunderland, after sustaining a fractured wrist on Good Friday. The maverick midfielder tried to play on Easter Monday but had to be subbed off at half time. Mousinho has suggested he'd be open to signing Aouchiche on a permanent deal, but says he does not know what the future holds for the Frenchman.

COULDN'T PLAY ON

“Aouchiche had the fracture previously. He tried to play with it (against Watford) and it just wasn’t right. So, I don’t think we’ll see Adil play at the weekend."

WAIT AND SEE

“He’s fine, the injury is the same, it’s just a case of trying to test it to see if can play with it. It’s one of those things."

MENTAL EFFECT

"It doesn’t obviously affect him football-wise, but he can’t hold players off, can’t properly close players down, can’t really go into challenges and I think that plays on your mind and starts to affect the playing side as well. I’m not sure we’ll risk him unless he’s 100 per cent.”