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Max Wilkins

Fri 30 May 2025 17:45, UK

Portsmouth could be set for a Championship boost as a close competitor could be set to face a transfer embargo.

Pompey will be heading into the new campaign in the hopes of a higher finish in yet another season of action in the second tier.

With the quality of sides coming up from League One and down from the Premier League, this won’t be easy for John Mousinho’s side.

This may be set to get easier at Fratton Park as a potential embargo hangs over a league rival in a payment issue at the end of May.

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After years of financial mismanagement, it feels as if the south coast club are in an excellent position to grow and move up the table next campaign.

The work of the Eisners has certainly been successful, and they will be hoping for bigger and better things themselves in PO4.

The Blues’ supporters are certainly thankful for this upward trajectory as the days of points deductions and embargos are well behind them.

That can’t be said about Sheffield Wednesday, as punishment from the league organisers could be in the pipeline in the coming weeks.

Rob Staton reported on 30 May that there has been yet another delay in the payment of wages for the Owls, in a similar pattern to March.

This leaves the Yorkshire outfit at risk of breaching the EFL’s 30-day rule, where 30 days of accumulated late payments over a 12-month period could end in a three-window transfer embargo.

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It feels as if the consistent failings of Dejphon Chansiri to pay wages on time could prove to scupper the Owls in the Championship.

With the potential of losing Danny Rohl already likely, key players could seek out moves elsewhere and leave no way of replacing them due to a potential embargo.

This would represent a massive blow at Hillsborough, although Pompey won’t mind so much after finishing so close to them last season.

As a result, Mousinho will be keen to have a positive window at Fratton Park to help build a squad ready to leapfrog the Owls in the table next season.