Chris Dunlavy

COME ON LADS, GET ON THE END OF THEM!

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The LeaguePaper Team
21 September 2025

Chris Dunlavy

CROSSES: Josh Murphy

PORTSMOUTH’S best piece of business in the summer wasn’t a player they signed. It was one they kept.
Josh Murphy was the subject of a £2m bid from Leicester in the final days of the transfer window. West Brom were also keen.
Both were sent packing, and Murphy’s performance in the 0-0draw with Southampton last weekend illustrated why.
The 30-year-old isn’t blessed with dazzling pace. Nor is he the sort of flashy trick merchant who racks up hits on YouTube.
But when it comes to old-school wing play -working a yard...

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