Portsmouth sign ex-Forest defender Milosevic
Alexander Milosevic made 12 Championship appearances during a 10-month stint at Nottingham Forest in 2019
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Portsmouth have signed free-agent defender Alexander Milosevic on a deal until the end of the season.
The 33-year-old former Sweden international had a short stint at Nottingham Forest in 2019 and has been without a club since leaving Swedish side AIK last year.
"The injuries we've suffered means we're short on defensive options going into the final stage of the campaign," Pompey boss John Mousinho said., external
"We scoured the markets to see who we could bring in and believe that we have found the best player available.
"Alexander has a wealth of experience competing at a high level of the game and has relatively recent playing experience.
"He's kept himself very fit and we feel that he should soon be ready to slot into the side and help us in the Championship."
Milosevic was born in Sweden but represented Serbia at youth level.
He has had three separate spells at AIK, from 2011 to 2014, in 2018 and then from 2021 to 2024.
Milosevic made 12 appearances in 10 months at Forest, scoring one goal.
Mousinho's Pompey sit 17th in the Championship with an eight-point cushion to the relegation zone.
They host league leaders Leeds United at Fratton Park on Sunday.
'Portsmouth believe they have found the best centre-back available' - analysis
BBC Radio Solent's Portsmouth commentator Andrew Moon:
The free-agent market in March isn't the easiest to navigate but Portsmouth believe they've found the best centre-back available.
Milosevic last played for AIK back in November so might take a bit of time to reach full fitness but even if that didn't come until after the international break that would still give him eight games to try to make an impact.
He knows about the Championship from a brief spell with Nottingham Forest back in 2019.
Conor Shaughnessy and Rob Atkinson haven't been ruled out for the season but realistically they are unlikely to feature until the final few games so Pompey felt they needed an additional body in.