Forgotten man's frustrating Portsmouth stay over after ex-Bradford and Charlton loanee leaves Fratton Park

Tom McIntyre’s Pompey career is over.

The out-of-favour central defender has reached a mutually-agreed departure with the Blues and will now seek another club.

McIntyre’s two-year deal was set to expire in the summer, but he now leaves Fratton Park early with no first-team opportunities on the horizon.

It’s a disappointing end for the central defender, who signed from Reading in January 2024 to bolster their League One promotion charge.

He suffered a broken left ankle and red card on his debut against Northampton and, although that dismissal was later rescinded upon appeal, his Pompey career never truly recovered.

After returning for the 2024-25 season, he was handed 10 successive starts in the centre of the Blues’ injury-hit defence.

However, following the disastrous 4-0 defeat at Derby in December 2024, followed by FA Cup elimination at Wycombe the following month, he was loaned out to Charlton for the second half of the campaign.

He moved to Bradford on a season-long loan in September, yet the League One club cancelled the arrangement at the halfway point and he returned to Fratton Park earlier this month.

In total, McIntyre made 14 appearances, with his last first-team outing more than 12 months ago.