John Mousinho has opened the door for a reunion with Norwich City's Abu Kamara next season as he expressed his thanks to the Canaries for the trust they've placed in the League One champions with his development. 

Kamara has played an integral role in Pompey's return to the Championship, boasting impressive numbers and establishing himself as a first-team regular under Mousinho. 

Mousinho has maintained contact with City coach Andrew Hughes and technical director Neil Adams throughout the season as he confirmed the clubs would hold talks in the summer over Kamara's future. 

"I think with Abu it’s a very, very interesting one," Mousinho told the Portsmouth News. 

"First of all, we have to give a massive thanks to Norwich in terms of the way they’ve handled the loan.

"We’ve been in constant contact with them throughout, in terms of Abs’ personal development.

"Andrew Hughes was the loan manager at the start of all this, the player I’m sure we all remember, and he did a huge amount in terms of making sure Ab came he and fitted in.

"We always speak to him and (assistant sporting director) Neil Adams about Abu’s progress, and Andrew in particular always take a huge amount of interest in what’s going.

"So we really can’t thank them enough for the way they’ve conducted themselves, they’ve been great in facilitating what we’ve been able to do with Abs.

"He’s just gone from strength to strength. I remember answering questions about Abs’ form around October time, because a couple of fans were getting on his back a bit and a bit frustrated, perhaps with a lack of output. We knew internally Abs would be able to produce though.

"I think he’s produced scintillating football on the left, but done it even better on the right. He’s not really looked back since coming over to that flank.

"Who knows what will happen with Abu? I’m sure that will be another conversation we have with Andrew and Norwich come the summer, then we’ll see how it goes from there."

Norwich Evening News: Abu Kamara has played a key role in Portsmouth's push to the Championship.Abu Kamara has played a key role in Portsmouth's push to the Championship. (Image: PA Images)

Norwich are planning to include Kamara in their first-team setup but with Premier League promotion still a possibility via the play-offs, Mousinho believes a return to Pompey in the Championship would be the ideal scenario should City end up in the top-flight. 

"If you look at those pathways for players who end up in the Premier League - a really successful League One loan spell followed by a Championship loan spell probably sets you up for the next level," Mousinho said.

"Not that he won't be ready to step up to the Premier League, should Norwich make it, but we’ll see what happens there. Again though, that’s out of our hands and we’ll just have to see what happens."