Town boss Roy Keane says the loanee he is hoping to sign from a Premier League club in the next couple of days is a younger player rather than an experienced campaigner. After last night’s 2-1 Carling Cup win at Millwall Keane revealed that results elsewhere are likely to mean the player he has been after for some weeks will become available.

The Blues boss told the club site that the target is a youngster: "Clubs are reluctant to let experienced players go and older players often have families and don't fancy moving away from home in a loan deal anyway.

"We are short in certain positions on the pitch and we are hoping to have some news over the next day or two on a loan player. The player concerned though is not an experienced player."

Keane was pleased with one of his earlier loan signings at Millwall last night but says there’s more to come from Andros Townsend: “I think Andros is still getting up to speed after being suspended for three weeks. He’ll feel the benefit of playing for 55 minutes. He and Reggie kept getting us up the pitch.”

The Blues boss says his fringe players gave him something to think about at the Den: “I had a good feeling before the game. They all looked pretty focused in the dressing room.

“I made lots of changes but the players who started did well. Colin Healy came in, the boys coming back from injury as well, and there were only pluses.

“The last thing we would have wanted was extra time because I’d made the three substitutions and because we had lads like Mark Kennedy and Damien Delaney who are still getting up to speed.

“It’s given me one or two good headaches for the weekend," he added. "I’m delighted. We got Grant on, Connor’s had another half hour, Jason’s had another half hour, so I’ll have a tough job over the next few days taking stock and looking at the players ahead of Saturday.”

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce says former Town loanee and recent target Jack Colback is very much in his thoughts at the Stadium of Light: “There’s opportunities for Jack here but obviously I’m aware of the great interest there is in taking Jack on loan. For the moment though, he’s very much in our plans.

“I said at the end of last season that Jack would be part of the first team squad and that’s the case as things stand."

Meanwhile, former Blue Jai Reason has left Crawley Town after four months with the Blue Square Premier side, having joined them after leaving Cambridge United in the summer.

Manager Steve Evans said: "We wish Jai every success, he is a smashing lad but the fact is that he has fallen down the pecking order to get a regular start.

"He has several interested clubs in both the Blue Square North and South. He will be an asset to any of them."

Elsewhere, former Blue Titus Bramble and brother Tesfaye have been arrested after an alleged rape at a Newcastle hotel.

Posters are asked not to speculate on the Bramble story.

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Hunterssecondball added 14:49 - Sep 22 Not Owen then! Or Hargreaves! Or Ha Greaves !!
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canveyblue added 14:51 - Sep 22 Right back it is then.Naughton anyone?
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zippyrainbow added 15:00 - Sep 22 Naughton is going to Portsmouth per the BBC.
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itfc1981 added 15:17 - Sep 22 Sonny Pike perhaps?
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Keaneish added 15:26 - Sep 22 Gio it is then!
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Frase1987 added 15:36 - Sep 22 spoke 2 me mate gio last night, he's coming.
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I_8_NARWICH added 15:43 - Sep 22 God if we get Gio, Tottenham will be the most idiotic team ever, gio deserves to be playing week in week out in the premier league not sitting on the bench-best player we have had playing at our club for a while :)
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comeonthegoodtimes added 15:44 - Sep 22 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Shall we just wait and see......Treat it like Christmas and it will be nice surprise for us all..... Whoever it is i'm sure they will Quality
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Bergholtblue added 16:08 - Sep 22 Its obviously someone who got knocked out of the cup last night then. So, someone from Spurs, Everton, Bolton, Sunderland, Fulham or Peterborough United
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Keaneish added 16:09 - Sep 22 I_8_Narwich - he may have been world class for us but not at Tottenham. Sat with 2 Tottenham die hards at work and they reckon he'll never get a decent run in the Spurs side. Mind you, he'll probably go abroad before he comes here...as nice as Suffolk is n'all!
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TractorRoyNo1 added 16:10 - Sep 22 Remember! Titus is inocent until proven guilty in a court not by a tabloid.
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mripswichtown added 16:20 - Sep 22 Frase1987 i spoke to Wayne Rooney last night and hes coming! Dont believe everything you hear!
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tractorboynathan added 16:26 - Sep 22 I reckon Coleman from everton ;)
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I_8_NARWICH added 16:48 - Sep 22 Yeah but Keanish i didnt mean he would play for Spurs i dnt think hes that good YET but i do think he could play for a mid table prem club and play every game for them.
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nysully added 16:59 - Sep 22 Whatever about who is or isn't coming, could you ever have imagined Roy Keane being so at ease with life as he is right now, he has the team going the way he wants, ran out most of the dead weight, enjoys life in the country, it is all good my friends!
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Back_The_Boss added 17:13 - Sep 22 I wonder who it is! The excitement is getting the better of me.
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MarkITFC added 17:17 - Sep 22 Shamless Coleman would be a CLASS signing , hes a great player ! , Gio would be great but cant see it happening . i reckon be some unkonwn player from stoke or something
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bedsitfc added 17:17 - Sep 22 gio was shocking last night for spurs
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WickedBlue added 17:35 - Sep 22 So I guess the loanee is not Titus Bramble....
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ipswich61 added 17:53 - Sep 22 i have it on good authority,that gio will join town by friday the latest,so there u have it u all know who it is now
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adampasty added 18:49 - Sep 22 ipswich61 so how u know this?? if its gio i will be amazed! i hope just like everyone is that it is but lets be honest im thinking it will be some man utd youth right back! i think the foward will come next week! forget bout this! scunny on saturday!! 3more points! BLUE ARMY!!!
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EatonBlue added 19:37 - Sep 22 kieron gibbs
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oldbarrackdan added 19:56 - Sep 22 Talk is cheap, come on town get whoever it is in the door so we can stop speculating!
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ITFCFan added 20:12 - Sep 22 Its not Kierin Gibbs he is injured but a good shout tho, I am always looking on different sites and different forums and Nile Ranger of Newcastle Utd name has been mentioned a few times but not sure!! As nearly everyone has put Gio on here i will as well but in the real world thats not going to happen he could of gone to AC Milan at the start of the season on loan as part a Huntelaar deal and thats why the deal fell through because he didnt want to go, So i dont think he will be coming to us, But you never know he might of turned down the lights, glamour and champions league football of AC MILAN because he knew the Mighty Town would come calling...lol Lets all hope so!!

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paul73 added 20:29 - Sep 22 jake livermore of spurs is my guess..?
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