Portsmouth considering loan bids for Swansea City players

Portsmouth are still considering deals for a host of Swansea attackers – but would only be able to seal loan deals for the trio, as reported by The News.

Pompey pushed towards the top end of the League One table last season but couldn’t quite do enough to get into the play-off places at the end of the campaign.

Now, Danny Cowley is ready to refresh his squad and try and get into those top six places next season. Before he can even think about a potential promotion tilt though, he will need to add a few more bodies – and namely some strikers – to the club.

Right now, Portsmouth would struggle to find forward options in their squad, with the future of a few players in attack not clear yet. Aiden O’Brien might end up departing the side this summer, with his future not yet tied up and Ronan Curtis has also been linked with a switch to Scotland and to Hibs.

If both of those were to exit Fratton Park, there wouldn’t be many forwards in their team at all. The club then need to make sure they have plenty of attacking options in their side before they can even think about the next campaign and Liam Cullen, Morgan Whittaker and Kyle Joseph are all on their target list.

Cullen is experienced at third tier level and played 20 times for Lincoln last season with one goal, so could be an appealing option for Portsmouth. Whittaker did the same but produced slightly more in terms of bagging goals, with five goals and one assist in 20 games.

As for Joseph, he’s bagged goals in the past for both Wigan and Cheltenham. All three of them then could be tempting options for Portsmouth but, even with their striker predicament, they would be unable to sign them permanently. Instead, it looks like they will have to settle for short-term deals –