Adam Webster has been reflecting on his time with Portsmouth and how potentially being released changed his career in the end.
Webster started his professional career with Pompey back in 2012 aged just 17.
He joined the clubs youth academy age 12 and went onto make 67 appearances before making a permanent move to Ipswich Town.
The deal saw Matt Clarke join Portsmouth in a deal which benefitted both parties.
A two year spell with Town, saw a deal worth a potential £8 million to Bristol City.
44 appearances in his first and only season drew plenty of interest from the Premier League.
Newly promoted Aston Villa showed heavy interest, before Brighton and Hove Albion paid £20 million for in 2019.
Since then he has gone onto play a high standard of football and even reach Europa League with the Seagulls.
With all that being said, it could have been so different.
What has Adam Webster said?
The defender definitely felt people wouldn’t see his career going the way it has: “I’m not sure some of them would have expected me to go on and play 111 Premier League games,
“They had their reasons for not selecting me and I also had to look at myself for those performances.”
It got to the point where he wasn’t playing and a move was needed.
On that he said: “At that stage of my Pompey career, I needed to change things, otherwise it was going to be too late. Fortunately I did, I had the luck which I really needed.”
He has gone onto be super successful and it is down to his perseverance and drive.
When looking back he said: “If I could go back and give advice to myself as a kid, it would be to back myself more, because no-one else is going to do that for you.
“You have to be completely confident in yourself and your ability.”
Webster clearly had a great mindset and has gone onto achieve great things.