Then there are others who have provided real value at a cost – or massively increased in standing in their time at Fratton Park.
You’ve been nominating your biggest Pompey bargains of all time – here’s who you came up with.
17. Paul Walsh
Signed as a makeweight in the deal which took Darren Anderton to Spurs in 1992 - and became one of the greatest Pompey players of his era. Photo: The News archive
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