Portsmouth await more tests on Shaughnessy injury

Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho has said that he will wait for more tests on the extent of Conor Shaughnessy's injury, which is feared to be significant.

The central defender was not part of Pompey's squad that faced Watford on Wednesday night after picking up a quad injury, and initial scans indicated a grade-three tear.

"It's a really strange one because he finished the game [at Sheffield Wednesday], and slightly felt his quad, but on the scan it looks like it's something more serious," Mousinho said after their midweek draw at Vicarage Road.

"We're just waiting to get a second opinion because Shaughs still feels OK, he still feels a bit of tightness there.

"The initial prognosis from the scan isn't great, so we're just going to have to wait and see on that."

Shaughnessy had only just returned to Mousinho's side after missing part of the season with a hamstring issue, with the defender limited to only nine appearances in the league so far this season.

"I think the best case would be that the [initial] scan's over-reported and we're looking at, sort of, a muscular tear, but it's maybe four to six weeks," Mousinho added on Thursday morning.

"Then the worst is probably what it has reported and we're looking at about 12 weeks."