Portsmouth forward Brett Pitman is set for a move to League Two with Swindon and Plymouth the front runners in the race to secure his signature, according to journalist Alan Nixon.
Pitman has scored forty-one goals in ninety-nine appearances for Pompey since arriving from Ipswich in the summer of 2017. However, the former club captain has made only sixteen outings this term, and his situation on the fringes of Kenny Jackett’s thoughts has alerted the ambitious League Two outfits.
Swindon boss Richie Wellens is thought to see Pitman as a replacement for Eoin Doyle if the in-form striker returns to Bradford. At the same time, improving Plymouth are looking for the goals and creativity needed to boost their promotion hopes in the second half of the campaign.
The thirty-one-year-old remains a favourite of plenty of the Pompey faithful despite not appearing in the league since October. However, reports suggesting the club have agreed on a fee in excess of £100,00 to sign twenty-one-year-old Bromley striker Reeco Hackett-Fairchild would seem to suggest Pitman’s largely successful spell at Fratton Park is coming to an end.
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Pitman has fallen badly out of favour with Kenny Jackett, something which still mystifies many Pompey fans.
In League Two and even at the wrong side of thirty, Pitman would almost certainly guarantee goals and his signature would be quite the statement of intent from any club he joins at that level.
Been on the cards since he had the captain’s arm band taken away good luck at your new club