Murphy signs new Portsmouth contract until 2028

Josh Murphy's 14 assists last season was the joint most in the Championship

Portsmouth winger Josh Murphy has signed a new contract which will keep him at Fratton Park until the summer of 2028.

The 30-year-old joined Pompey on a free transfer in June 2024 after leaving Oxford United and established himself as a first-team regular.

Last season Murphy made 42 appearances in the Championship for Portsmouth in the 2024-25 season, scoring seven goals and delivering 14 assists.

Murphy, who had been linked with a summer move to Leicester City, said he is on a "good journey" with Pompey and enjoys playing under boss John Mousinho.

"I'm so settled down here and enjoy playing alongside the rest of the boys under this head coach, who puts a lot of faith in me to deliver," he told Portsmouth's website.

"Everything just fits into place and we're all moving in the right direction, so that's why I wanted to sign a new deal."

Mousinho said the winger, who has missed Pompey's last three games because of an ankle injury, is "someone we value so highly" and is a "massive part of what we want to achieve at Pompey".

"He had an amazing first season here at Pompey and played such a key role in ensuring we maintained the Championship status we worked so hard to achieve," Mousinho said.

"The number of goals and assists Josh contributed speaks for itself and I wouldn't swap him for any other winger in the division."

Analysis - from BBC Radio Solent's Andrew Moon

New contracts don't come more deserved than this one. Murphy had two years remaining on his existing deal and potentially a third via a club option, the fact this move has been made shows just how key he is to Pompey. Something only underlined when he's missed matches this season.

Murphy is one of the best players in the Championship and Pompey's key man. Defenders just cannot deal with him one-on-one, he scores, he assists and he gets fans off their feet.

There was speculation linking him with a move away at the end of the summer transfer window, however it's understood no club made a concerted effort to sign him and certainly no one showed any inclination to pay what would be required to prise him away.

20 years ago, Championship promotion hunters and even perhaps Premier League clubs would have been chasing him.

It seems now clubs don't want to pay money for a 30 year-old even though he would make virtually every starting XI in this division better.