Doncaster Rovers manager Sean O’Driscoll has admitted that he would be interested in signing Town striker Jon Stead, if his club could afford the 26-year-old's wages. Stead is believed to be one of the players Town manager Roy Keane has told is unlikely to play for the Blues again.

O’Driscoll said: "He's a good player with a good character and he has been mentioned to us before.

"His agent seems to feel that he would thrive on the environment down here, but as soon as you mention the dreaded word 'salary', our interest slightly wanes a little bit because of the cost implication.

“He's a very good player. We'll always follow things up, but at the back of your head, you'll always be thinking 'can we afford it?' And the answer is probably not."

Stead is contracted to Town until 2011 and the Blues would want to recoup a fee somewhere in the region of the £600,000 they paid Sheffield United for the former Huddersfield and Sunderland striker a year ago.

Meanwhile, reports in the North-East say Sunderland pair Grant Leadbitter and Carlos Edwards are on their way to Portman Road to discuss personal terms today, a fee having been agreed for the pair. There is as yet no confirmation as to whether Town’s reported interest in Daryl Murphy and Nyron Nosworthy has reached a similar stage.

Elsewhere, former Town loanee Franny Jeffers has been transfer-listed by Sheffield Wednesday after his red card for violent conduct in the Owls’ Carling Cup defeat to Port Vale earlier in the week.

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gatesy added 08:57 - Aug 27 whats he on 10k a week?
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B1TFC added 09:02 - Aug 27 i'd like to play them 1st before we sell him to them, cant be doing with another Ambrose moment!
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itfc added 09:12 - Aug 27 Maybe we can get Jeffers in a swap deal for Garvan (plus some cash!) as they are apparently after him.
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needhamblues added 09:13 - Aug 27 why the f**k would be want Jeffers?
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needhamblues added 09:14 - Aug 27 *we want - even
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Gooders7592 added 09:16 - Aug 27 I hope we don't sell Stead. If we sell any striker it should be Pablo, if you calculate all of Counago's easy misses last season we would of been in the play-offs!!!
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B1TFC added 09:18 - Aug 27 gooders, if you calculate all of magics losses and put them into wins, we'd have won the league!
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needhamblues added 09:20 - Aug 27 I think we need a player like Pablo, because at the moment we dont have a player that will hold the ball up, thread balls through to the other striker, make things happen etc..
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Gooders7592 added 09:20 - Aug 27 Coming from Counago. I just don't rate the player at all. Out of Priskin,Stead,Wickham and Counago I know which three I would keep.
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MAVERICK added 09:25 - Aug 27 JEFFERS IS A JOKE
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Dogsy40 added 09:28 - Aug 27 I rate Stead, I would like to see him given a chance with what we hope will be a more creative midfield by the end of the transfer window. Lets be honest all he has been given is hopeful long balls for 90 mins. Also a very handy presence at corners. We have the cattle at the club, just haven't found the right combinations. I would be disappointed he and Garvan were sold, surely they are worth keeping as fringe squad members????

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byebyesheepshanks added 09:29 - Aug 27 Selling more strikers - just what the team needs at the moment. Look how many Rhodes has scored. Basically, if you're not oirish or from Sunderland or ex Man Utd also ran, you're not playing for Ipswich. Steads a good striker at this level. Try motivating him! RK won't see Christmas. Guaranteed.
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bluelass7 added 09:29 - Aug 27 I didn't know Stead had a bushy ponytail ?!!!! (See pic)
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MAVERICK added 09:41 - Aug 27 Lets hope Stead can do a Counago, stay and fight for place in team ! nice ponytail
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ipswich61 added 09:48 - Aug 27 bye stead,ive never rated him and to be truful what has he done for this club let alone his other ones
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ItfcLoyal added 09:51 - Aug 27 Stead is A decent stiker not incredible get some cash and spend on a better striker :)
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blueoveru added 09:54 - Aug 27 I would keep Stead for his work rate alone when you compare him to some of the players around him,& why isnt anyone ,since Swansea,asking for Pablo.
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lilian3415 added 09:59 - Aug 27 An incredible array of comments as usual.Confirms my belief that many of my fellow ITFC fans are woefully unknowledgable about the game. Facts: 1) Garvan is easily our best midfielder. 2) Stead is our best striker 3) Roy Keane doesn't know his a**e from his elbow
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Muhren added 10:07 - Aug 27 1) Hae you seen Garvan play this year? He'smade one good pass during his time on the pitch. 2) Are you sure? Stead isn't our best striker, he's somewhere off that I'm afraid. 3) You muppet! It's funny how you can seem to comment on your other ITF supporters and there array of comments when you clearly have no idea what you're on about, dear boy.
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jong75 added 11:21 - Aug 27
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steve01777 added 12:14 - Aug 27 John Stead decent enough bloke works his socks off but is shite at scoring goals!!! who on earth mention francis jeffers now he is shite always has been so overrated it takes the ps!!!! ive got more meat on my little finger then that light weight nonce
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jas0999 added 17:25 - Aug 27 Very happy to see Stead go. If it was between Pablo or Stead what would most fans want? Stead has failed to score since the end of last season (which includes pre-season). His performances this term have on the whole been awful. People have - wrongly in my opinion - slated Priskin, who has only been at the club for a short while, yet Stead who was a rash JM buy has failed to impress for much longer. Simply not good enough in my opinion.

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