{"id":539694,"date":"2020-01-07T09:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=539694"},"modified":"2020-01-07T09:16:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:16:08","slug":"portsmouth-add-barnsley-midfielder-cameron-mcgeehan-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/07\/portsmouth-add-barnsley-midfielder-cameron-mcgeehan-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth Add Barnsley Midfielder Cameron McGeehan on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>League One promotion chasers Portsmouth have signed Cameron McGeehan from Barnsley on-loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Portsmouth Add Barnsley Midfielder Cameron McGeehan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamMcGeehan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CamMcGeehan<\/a> has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pompey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Pompey<\/a> on loan for the rest of the season from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnsleyFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BarnsleyFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc99 Welcome to the club, Cameron<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pompey\/status\/1214517037139030018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Loan Deal<\/h3>\n<p>McGeehan signed a new contract until 2021 last summer; however, the Tykes are looking to give the 24-year-old more playing time away from Oakwell.<\/p>\n<p>The talented midfielder made 44 appearances as Barnsley were promoted from League One last season.<\/p>\n<p>This season he has found opportunities limited; he has not started a Championship fixture since early November and has only made 14 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>McGeehan began his career at Norwich before permanently signing for Luton in 2015; he went on to make more than 100 appearances and score 31 goals during various spells at Kenilworth Road.<\/p>\n<p>Pompey boss Kenny Jackett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/january\/mcgeehan-arrives-on-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;We\u2019re delighted to sign Cameron. He\u2019s still young, but has a lot of experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He enjoyed a really successful season with Barnsley last year and so we\u2019re really pleased to add him to our midfield.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGeehan, meanwhile, added that the Blues&#8217; push for promotion was an attractive prospect when moving to Fratton Park.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/january\/mcgeehan-promotion-challenge-is-why-i-signed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: &#8220;I wouldn\u2019t be coming here if I didn\u2019t think we could get promoted and it\u2019s still really tight at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m sure everyone would like us to be a bit higher up, but we\u2019re in a good position to go on a run in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was part of a Barnsley side that did exactly that to win promotion last year and hope that will be replicated here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pompey have been a bit of a sleeping giant for a number of years now and need to get up to at least the Championship \u2013 I\u2019m here to help them do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke to Kenny quite a few times and he was keen to get me in, while I want to be playing and this is a massive club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Ld7nEZw5SNR8WZnvFfzlXA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1173890068\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Ld7nEZw5SNR8WZnvFfzlXA',sig:'w7y1-U7D1tdDIMEPbUXymVkmFIWGa3ijS1ZfPA6eTuo=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1173890068',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>League One promotion chasers Portsmouth have signed Cameron McGeehan from Barnsley on-loan until the end of the season. 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