Raggett and Rafferty to leave Portsmouth

Sean Raggett was one of Portsmouth's most experienced players

Long-serving Portsmouth defender Sean Raggett is one of 10 players who will leave the League One champions this summer.

Raggett, 30, has scored 17 goals in 239 appearances since first joining the club on loan from Norwich City in the summer of 2019.

He made the move permanent a year later and made 38 League One appearances this season.

Fellow defender Joe Rafferty, 31, will also leave the club having played 68 times in the last two seasons.

Goalkeeper Matt Macey is among eight other players who will leave as Lee Evans, Josh Martin, Ryan Schofield, Haji Mnoga, Harry Jewitt-White, Liam Vincent and Josh Dockerill all depart the club.

Portsmouth have offered new contracts to captain Marlon Pack and defender Connor Ogilvie.

The club has not taken up options to extend the deals of Joe Morrell and Zak Swanson but talks continue with both players on their futures.

"We have needed to make some incredibly tough decisions and I get on with all the lads, so I wish them nothing but the best moving forward," head coach John Mousinho told the club website.

“There are guys who certainly deserve to get a deal because of the instrumental role they’ve played in helping us secure the League One title.

“That’s particularly true for Sean Raggett and Joe Rafferty, who have both been excellent, but I have no doubt there will be a lot of interest in them, as there will for the other guys who are leaving.

“But it’s important that we separate the sentiment from the reality of competing in the Championship next season."