Pompey har kjøpt midtbanespiller Rocco Shein fra Fredrikstad.
NYHETER: Midtbanespiller Andre Dozzell valgte å forlate Pompey for å dra til MLS og USA da hans kontrakt gikk ut ved sesongslutt. Nå har Pompey funnet hans erstatter i norske Fredrikstad.
22 år gamle Rocco Shein har skrevet under på en treårskontrakt med Pompey etter at Pompey ble enig med Fredrikstad om en overgangssum. Summen er ikke offentliggjort, men det antydes en sum på drøyt 2 millioner pund.
Shein er landslagsspiller for Estland og har i tillegg til spill i Estland og Norge også spilt i Nederland for Utrecht og Dordrecht.
Han ble av mange beskrevet som Fredrikstads beste spiller og blir forhåpentligvis en midtbanespiller Pompey kan få glede av fra første serierunde i Championship.
SE OGSÅ: Rocco Sheins spillerprofil
Etter en og en halv sesong i Fredrikstad FK selges Rocco Shein til engelsk fotball! 🏴 Portsmouth FC i Championship blir estlenderens neste klubb. 🤝
📲 Les mer i FFK+ pic.twitter.com/RbibcaTCvU
— Fredrikstad FK (@fredrikstadfk) July 13, 2026
Kommentarer fra hovedtrener John Mousinho
«We’re delighted to continue our summer transfer activity with the signing of Rocco. He will provide us with plenty of physicality in the centre of the pitch, but is also someone who is very comfortable on the ball.
Rocco has already made a great deal of progress over the past few years and is still young, so we feel he can continue to improve with us.»
💙 Once a Kalev player, always a Kalev player!
Academy graduate Rocco Robert Shein has joined Portsmouth FC.
Rocco came through our academy from the age of five, helping Kalev win Estonian U14 & U15 titles.
Good luck, Rocco! The entire Kalev family is behind you. 💙🖤 pic.twitter.com/4h1xcbw16q
— JK Tallinna Kalev English (@JKTallinnaKalev) July 15, 2026
Kommentarer fra Rocco Shein
«It’s a pleasure to be here at Pompey and able to meet everyone – I’m really excited. My dream has always been to play in England because of the football culture here, which is different to in Europe. I saw the opportunity to come to the perfect club for my development.
I heard about the first interest around a month ago and it’s been developing from there, so I’m happy it’s worked out. The fans are crazy and they demand a lot, so I’m really looking forward to performing in front of them all.
Fredrikstad was an amazing club and they treated me like family. I was so happy there and it was a bit sad to leave, but I’m here now at Pompey and the journey continues. It was a physical and demanding league that is quite similar to the Championship, although this is obviously a bit higher. I would say that I’m a creative, box-to-box ‘number eight’. I’m a hard-working midfielder and like to move with the ball and find spaces.
Adrian Segecic was my best friend in Holland, so it’s amazing that I come here and he’s already here. He said a lot of good things about this club.»
🙌 A dream come true.
🔵 Rocco Shein's first #Pompey interview is out now!
— Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) July 16, 2026