However, there has been plenty of gossip surrounding PO4 outfit, with 20-plus players linked with the club to date.
A number of Pompey’s reported summer targets have already moved elsewhere, with Kyle Wootton joining Stockport, while a return to the south coast is off the cards for Matt Butcher, who is now at Plymouth.
But with plenty of names still circulating in the rumour mill, who could be in Cowley’s team and squad come the first game of the season if the rumours were to be true?
We’ve taken a look at what the Blues’ starting XI and bench could look like based on the latest gossip.
Here’s how they could shape up.
But with plenty of names still circulating in the rumour mill, who could be in Cowley’s team and squad come the first game of the season if the rumours were to be true?