Kenny Jackett responds to claims Portsmouth are interested in non-league defender

Barrows featured in a right-back role as the National League visitors fell to a 6-1 second-round defeat to the Blues at Fratton Park.

The 21-year-old committed a foul on Cam Pring on 71 minutes to concede a penalty, which Ellis Harrison slotted home.

According to Linnets chairman Stephen Cleeve, Barrows has been on Pompey's radar and recognised as a potential recruit.

But with the Blues already having three specialised right-backs in Callum Johnson, Haji Mnoga and James Bolton – as well as third-year scholar Harry Kavanagh – Jackett declared Barrows isn't someone Pompey are keen on.

The Pompey boss told The News: ‘He's not a player that we have been looking at.

‘At the moment, we have three right-backs in Callum Johnson, Haji Mnoga and James Bolton so it's not a position we have been looking for.

‘We also have Harry Kavanagh as well who is a third-year scholar so right-back is a good position for us.

‘It's not a position we have been looking at, definitely not for the January window.’