Last pre-season, high-profile players such as Tom Naylor, Jack Whatmough, Craig MacGillivray, and Ben Close failed to extend their stays at Fratton Park.
With Danny Cowley at the helm for exactly a year, he’ll now have to decide who stays, or who goes for free at the end of the season.
Here’s the latest on each’s future – and who Blues writer Sam Cox believes should be handed new contracts.
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17. George Hirst - Yes
If affordable, Pompey should make Hirst's loan deal permanent. He's in a rich vein of form at the moment, and finally looks a handful at this level. At 23, would also fit the remit of their transfer strategy. Photo: The News