Danny Cowley reveals why Portsmouth did not pursue signing of 14-goal midfielder | OneFootball

There was quite a bit of surprise this past week when Milton Keynes Dons confirmed the signing of one of the most sought-after youngsters in the Football League.

After supposed interest from the likes of Burnley, Brentford, Barnsley and Queens Park Rangers (via The Sun, 4 April, page 61), Swindon Town midfielder Scott Twine opted to switch to Russell Martin’s MK Dons.

It comes after a sensational season for the 21-year-old for both the Robins and in the first half of the 2020-21 campaign on loan at Newport County, scoring 14 goals and bagging nine assists in 49 outings in all competitions for both sides.

Twine also became well-known for his long-range strikes which made up the majority of his goals last season  and there’s likely many more to come for the Dons next season.

Another club who were linked to Twine were Portsmouth, but of course he’s now ended up at a team who could be perceived as a promotion rival to Pompey next season.

It appears that the interest was genuine as Danny Cowley has spoken out about their attempted pursuit of Twine – and why it didn’t get as far as trying to persuade the attacking midfielder to Fratton Park.

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