Portsmouth have increased their striker options this summer with the £3 million signing of Marko Milovanovic, which might put Colby Bishop’s job in jeopardy.

Pompey needed some top-end reinforcements this summer after a season in which they scored 49 league goals. Crucially, Bishop scored only three of those goals.

The 29-year-old had a difficult second season in the Championship, after scoring 11 goals in his debut season. He scored six less goals than projected and was the main reason for Portsmouth’s misfiring frontline.

As a result, Milovanovic’s presence has the potential to jeopardise Bishop’s position in the team. The former Almeria striker scored nine goals in just over 1,500 minutes of action in the Portuguese top level last season while on loan at FC Alverca, and is an obvious investment at Fratton Park.

Last month, it was revealed that Sheffield Wednesday were interested in bringing Bishop back to League One as part of their plans to rebuild and challenge the third division under new Arise ownership.

With double-digit scoring campaigns in each of his four seasons in League One, including 20- and 21-goal seasons in Portsmouth colours, he’d be seen as a coup at Hillsborough, despite a disappointing year last season.

Portsmouth manager reveals Colby Bishop’s transfer position.

The links between Sheffield Wednesday and Bishop have faded over the last month, and the Owls have subsequently reinforced their front line with the loan signing of Harry Grey.

However, there is no doubt that a more experienced third-tier forward will remain on the shopping list, and Bishop would meet all of Henrik Pedersen’s criteria for that striker this summer.

According to the News, Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho believes the 29-year-old will remain at Fratton Park for his sixth season.Colby’s position remains unchanged. There’s been no interest in him. “We are keeping him,” he stated.We still want him to be on point;

we want guys to compete at all positions. Colby is excited about the competition, as I’ve discussed with him in recent weeks.At the end of last season, Colby and I discussed adding another center-forward to the team and focusing on three players who can compete at this level.First and foremost,

it is quite impossible to physically compete for 90 minutes per week against some of the center-backs in 46 games. Colby is frequently running on empty, and we want to help him.”

Due to a lack of depth in the striker position, Mousinho often relied on Bishop to start most weeks last season, despite his poor goal-scoring record.

Jacob Brown, on loan from Luton Town, provided some support in the second half of the year, but before that, Thomas Waddingham and Makenzie Kirk, two young, unproven frontmen, were the only real recognised strikers in reserve, making it difficult for the Pompey manager to give Bishop a well-deserved rest.

Now that a great striker has arrived, Portsmouth has some solid options off the bench, and Mousinho can afford to remove one of his strikers off the firing line if they are struggling.

Sheffield Wednesday will have plenty of other choices to pick from when Colby Bishop’s door closes.

Mousinho stated that there was “no interest” in Bishop. That, combined with Sheffield Wednesday’s rumoured interest in the 29-year-old last month, suggests that the Owls are already considering other possibilities up front.

Henrik Pedersen’s side has been the busiest EFL team in the transfer window so far, with nine new players coming in and many more likely to follow.

Tommi O’Reilly, who FLW exclusively revealed last week, could be the next player to join them, adding to their diverse offensive options. It should only be a matter of time before a new centre forward is signed.

Pedersen has remarked that his team still requires a nine to supplement what is a fairly youthful striker group, aside from Jamal Lowe.

That may not be Bishop, but with less than two weeks until Sheffield Wednesday’s EFL Cup campaign kicks off against Bolton Wanderers, there is some chance that a new frontman may be in place by then.