Wieghorst thought he had played his last game at Hampden when he moved back home to join Brondby.

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Pompey's academy head to Scandinavia in late July where they will play Danish sides Brondby and Odense BK and Swedish outfit Halmstad.

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The arrival of the trio on the final day of the transfer window comes after the signing of FC Seoul's Ki Sung-Yong, Thomas Rogne from Stabaek, Brondby's Morten Rasmussen and Jos Hooiveld from AIK Stockholm.

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Head coach Wieghorst has also plundered the youth ranks of former club Brondby, while his squad also contains several players who have experience with quality sides around Europe - defender Dennis Lagara (Hertha Berlin), midfielder Bo Storm (Heerenveen) and strikers Marcus Pode (Malmo) and Martin Bernburg (FC Copenhagen).

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