Former Liverpool and West Brom defender now on trial at League One Portsmouth

Former Liverpool defender and West Bromwich Albion loanee Andre Wisdom is on trial at League One Portsmouth.

Wisdom spent nine-years at Anfield with most of that time being spent out on loan, including a year spell with Albion back in 2014.

He made 26 appearances in total for West Brom, including 22 under manager Alan Irvine.

However, Wisdom fell out of favour with his replacement, Tony Pulis and his spell in the Black Country petered out.

In 2017, the 29-year-old then joined Derby permanently where he featured for four years.

Wisdom helped the Rams retain their Championship status in the 2021-22 season before opting not to sign a new deal.

The former England under-21 international has not played a competitive game for more than a year, though, and now bids to get his career back on track at Portsmouth.

Wisdom played in two friendlies for League One Pompey over the weekend - a 3-0 defeat of Havant & Waterlooville and a 1-0 loss to Gosport Borough.

What’s been said

Fratton Park manager Danny Cowley told the Portsmouth News: "We’re trying to bring in a player who can play right of a back three and maybe at right-back as well, in order to give us the balance in the squad we would like.

"He’s been excellent in both games. He was great for the young players with his experience and leadership.

“If you ask Haji (Mnoga) and Liam Vincent who played either side of him, and Jay (Mingi) who played in front of him, they’d say what a massive help he was and he can be a massive help to their development. He can be good for us.

“He had a tough year last year, hence why he’s available for us to have a look at.

“We know what a good player he is, it was more to see where he was physically and in terms of his fitness. He’s had two very good 45 minutes for us.”