According to sources who spoke to Football Insider, Portsmouth has won the race to recruit Australian striker Thomas Waddingham from Brisbane Roar after reaching an agreement on the parameters of a contract.
Prior to finalising his transfer to Fratton Park, the 19-year-old is scheduled to go to the UK this week for a medical examination on Friday.
On January 8, Football Insider reported that Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday had made approaches for teenage sensation Waddingham.
The competition to bring the striker to England during the January transfer window has now been won by Portsmouth.
For a struggling Brisbane team this season, Waddingham has scored four goals in 11 games.
After scoring seven goals in 23 games during the young player’s breakthrough season last season, his goal-scoring form has continued.
Waddingham’s Brisbane Roar contract was scheduled to expire in June 2026.
Portsmouth beat off Sheffield Wednesday and QPR interest to land
Waddingham
He made his debut for Australia’s Under-23 side in April 2024 having previously scored two goals for the Under-20 side.
Portsmouth lost 3-0 away to Blackburn on Wednesday, January 15, dropping them into the Championship’s relegation zone.
With one game remaining against 21st-place Cardiff City, Pompey is one point outside of safety.
Rob Atkinson and Isaac Hayden have already joined the South Coast club on loan this month.
The next game for John Mousinho’s team is Saturday, January 18, against Middlesbrough.
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