{"id":609364,"date":"2022-01-31T15:26:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=609364"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:26:58","slug":"portsmouth-return-to-sunderland-to-sign-second-player-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/31\/portsmouth-return-to-sunderland-to-sign-second-player-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth Return to Sunderland to Sign Second Player This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Cowley&#8217;s eagerness to bolster his attacking options has seen <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/19\/tyler-walker-portsmouth-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Portsmouth<\/a> return to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/31\/sunderland-weekly-round-up-lee-johnson-sacked\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a> for a second time this month to sign a player. Following Denver Hume who moved to the south coast last week, forward Aiden O&#8217;Brien has made the same journey in search of regular first-team football and has signed a deal until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Portsmouth Return to Sunderland to Sign Aiden O&#8217;Brien<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ufe0f We&#39;ve completed the signing of Aiden O&#39;Brien on a deal until the end of the season<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd35 Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pompey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Pompey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidenObrien22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AidenObrien22<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pompey\/status\/1488218019318812673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Aiden O&#8217;Brien Becomes Portsmouths Fifth Signing and the Second From Sunderland<\/h3>\n<p>Aiden O&#8217;Brien joins former teammate at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/30\/lee-johnson-sacked-sunderland\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a> Denver Hume at Portsmouth. Hume signed earlier this transfer window for \u00a3200,000 with O&#8217;Brien following him today. The former Black Cats pair make up two of Pompey&#8217;s five new signings this month.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien has been searching for first-team football all season and saw a move to Doncaster Rovers fall through last summer. He has appeared sporadically for Sunderland this season and with the new arrivals of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/21\/sunderland-sign-patrick-roberts\/\" target=\"_self\">Patrick Roberts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/26\/sunderland-winger-jack-clarke-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Jack Clarke<\/a> on Wearside, O&#8217;Brien could have seen his playing time reduced further.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland international scored 12 goals in 65 games since arriving from Millwall.<\/p>\n<h3>Danny Cowley Pleased With His New Signing<\/h3>\n<p>Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley spoke to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouthfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/january\/pompey-bring-in-obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portsmouth website<\/a> after the signing was announced as said:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to sign Aiden and from the moment I spoke to him, there was an energy and enthusiasm to join us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re lucky to be at such a renowned football club because there are so many players who want to come here.\u00a0Aiden brings us many different qualities and can play across the forward line, making penetrative runs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks after the ball well and links the play, while he can also drive forward and is always a goal threat.\u00a0We\u2019re really looking forward to him being part of this group and he knows quite a few of the lads already, which is important when you arrive on a short-term contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Sunderland Statement as Portsmouth Return to Sunderland for Another Signing<\/h3>\n<p>Sunderland released a statement after O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s departure. Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman explained why O&#8217;Brien was allowed to leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/safc.com\/news\/team-news\/2022\/january\/obrien-joins-portsmouth\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He said<\/a>: \u201cAiden\u2019s contract was due to expire this summer and although he has had impactful moments throughout the season, he has consistently voiced his desire to play regular football. We feel this move gives him the best opportunity to secure more playing time whilst also supporting his career in the long-term and we wish him well for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"ynkoG6LVR1d15b4OAhs0LQ\" 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\/1236767028\" 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:'ynkoG6LVR1d15b4OAhs0LQ',sig:'MDw6eInjF24BlFe00rmkd1SFQOCm5k7gG4buRoMQodY=',w:'594px',h:'359px',items:'1236767028',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>Danny Cowley&#8217;s fifth signing of the month has seen Portsmouth Return to Sunderland to bolster their attacking options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":609417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,22,28],"tags":[6234,914],"class_list":["post-609364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-league12","category-sunderland","category-transfers","tag-aiden-obrien","tag-portsmouth"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}