Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho revealed that summer speculation over a potential move to fellow Championship side Bristol City was based on legitimate interest from the Robins.
Following the close of a second consecutive season where Mousinho had ensured that Pompey maintained their Championship status, talk was rife on social media about a potential move to Ashton Gate.
At one stage it looked like Mousinho may have been on his way, but with pre-season now getting back under way and Bristol City appointing Michael Skubala as their new head coach, Mousinho admitted that the talk never got further than conversations with his agent.
"The interest from Bristol City was real," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"That was something at the start of the summer that came from club to agent, and there was a conversation there.