🎧 Pompey defender Shaughnessy on track with recovery

Portsmouth defender Conor Shaughnessy says his recovery from injury is going to plan.

The 29-year-old has been out since suffering a hamstring injury in a 2-0 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday in September.

"It's coming along as planned, I've been out on the grass running in the past week which is a big positive step," he told BBC Radio Solent's podcast 'Who Needs Mourinho?'

"In the next few weeks It's about building up fitness to get back into training - I haven't asked the physios for an exact date as I don't want to be let down when we get to that date."

Portsmouth have won only one of their nine Championship matches during Shaughnessy's absence to leave them four points clear of the relegation zone but the centre-half will not be rushing back.

"It's slow at the minute, I'm just jogging so it's nothing crazy, it's slow and steady for a couple of weeks and maybe three or four weeks building up the intensity and then I get a re-scan on my hamstring to double check everything is fine," he added.

"Once that's ticked off I get into sprinting and high speed stuff for a couple of weeks and then get back involved in training and then it's however long the gaffer wants me to train for before I can become available."

Portsmouth return to Championship action at home to Millwall on Saturday, 22 November.