His Pompey career has yet to catch fire after his summer arrival at Fratton Park.
And that has made Elias Sorensen a natural consideration for a loan move, when the January transfer window opens in fewer than six weeks.
John Mousinho has made it clear he’s acutely aware of the need to manage his squad to bring in the players who can make the difference in the Championship.
That’s with Pompey having to work to the 25-man squad limit in place in the Championship for all their players aged over 21.
Sorensen takes up one of those precious spots, with players needing to be deregistered in the new year before any signings replace them.
But in the case of the Danish hitman, any notion of getting Sorensen out and picking up the game time which currently eludes him can be put to bed.
A loan may have been the ideal scenario to help the striker readapt to English football, while giving the leeway for Pompey to get some new blood on their roster.
Sorensen has failed to make the past four squads, with his task of featuring made tougher by Colby Bishop’s return to fitness.
A move won’t be happening however – thanks to 175 minutes of football.
That’s the sum total of Sorensen’s action for former club Esbjerg this season, before agreeing a move to PO4.
But that throws a major spanner in the works for Pompey in terms of the former Newcastle United hope moving on anywhere else this term.
That isn’t the case for other fringe players, however, with there certain to be others going out the door either temporarily or on a permanent basis.
The likes of Ryley Towler, Owen Moxon and loanees Mark O’Mahony and Sammy Silvera conceivably come into that category.
Permanent under-21 players do not count towards the 25-man squad total meaning. Harvey Blair, Terry Devlin, Abdoulaye Kamara, Toby Steward and Reuben Swann all fall into that category.
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