The 17 included players whose contracts weren’t renewed, loanees returning to their parent clubs and assets attracting transfer fees for their sale.
Now, six months on, we look at how those players have fared in footballing life after Fratton Park...
5. Freddie Potts - West Ham
(16 games, 0 goals) The midfielder returned to West Ham in the summer and has since broken into their Premier League side, making 15 league appearances. Potts’ first Premier League start arrived in a 3-1 win over Newcastle at the beginning of November and he has since made 10 top-flight starts for the strugglers. His most recent outing was Sunday’s embarrassing 3-0 defeat at rock-bottom Wolves, when the youngster was taken off at half-time and replaced by Tomas Soucek. The Hammers are presently third from bottom of the Premier League, four points adrift from safety, and have a huge match against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. Photo: Jason Brown
6. Cohen Bramall - Luton
(27 games, three goals) It took until the start of August for the left-sided player to find a new club, with Luton snapping him up on a free transfer following his Pompey exit. Bramall has started five of their last six matches of late, with 14 league starts overall, as he retains a regular match-day presence for a League One team now managed by Jack Wilshere. The Hatters are presently eighth in the table following a disappointing start which cost Matt Bloomfield his job in October - the man who had signed Bramall. Photo: Jason Brown
7. Alexander Milosevic
The former Swedish international never played a game for Pompey after injuring a calf in training not long after his March 2025 arrival at Fratton Park. Now aged 33, he doesn’t appear to have played football since leaving the south coast in the summer and remains a free agent. Photo: Portsmouth FC
8. Matt Ritchie - Reading
(13 games, 0 goals) Following a mutually-agreed departure from Fratton Park, it took until August 28 before the veteran found another club in Reading. Without a pre-season spent with a club, he has subsequently been in and out of Reading’s side, through niggling injury problems and a one-match ban. However, Ritchie has recently returned to start their last two matches, weighing in with an assist in their 2-0 win over Burton Albion on New Year’s Day. Of his 13 outings, six have been League One starts for a team who have picked up considerably under Leam Richardson to presently occupy ninth spot. Photo: Jason Brown