Jackett outlines plan to keep Pompey's prized asset
And the Blues boss is confident that prospect will be enough to keep the club'Â s prized asset at Fratton Park next term.
Jackett stated Pompey have still to receive an enquiry or bid for the defender, despite a stack of speculation over his future.
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Hide AdHe's now hopeful he will remain at the club for the season ahead.
Jackett said: '˜We stated we want to keep him last season and through the summer.
'˜We haven't had any bids '“Â and that's a good thing because we want Matt to stay here. We want to be successful with him and have said we want to build it around him.
'˜We upgraded his contract last season, which we felt he deserved.
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Hide Ad'˜And since then we'Â ve said many times we want Matt to stay with us.
'˜But for myself as manager, do I want to keep him? Yes. Do we want a successful season and keep building and improving? Of course we do.
'˜We want to be in the top six this season and to do that we have to keep our best players.
'˜From my own point of view I've enjoyed working with him and would want him in the team. That's a definite.
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Hide Ad'˜For the future it's hard to assess what will happen if there's outside influences and other clubs.
'˜We haven't had any enquiries but I don't know if that's the case with his agent.
'˜But we haven't had any enquiries or bids at the club.'
Jackett stressed Pompey are in a strong position to knock back any advances for Clarke under owner Michael Eisner.
He added: '˜Football is football. We know how it works and you can't say we're going to be any different.
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Hide Ad'˜These things to do happen but inside the club there's no pressure to sell him.
'˜Portsmouth is a very well organised and structured club.
'˜Because it's structured so well you don't suddenly have to sell a player to keep the place going.
'˜That's a major positive and keeps things on a very good level.
'˜If you do sell a player it's for football reasons, or someone has come in and it's too high and too much to deny the person the opportunity.
'˜The deal then becomes right but it's not because you particularly want to do it.
'˜But this is a very well organised and well structured club.
'˜And not a club which needs to sell a player.'