Town’s move for Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard is still very much in its early stages, according to reports in East Yorkshire this morning. Blues boss Paul Jewell is understood to have spoken to his Tigers counterpart Nigel Pearson yesterday regarding his interest in his former Wigan player.

A source at Hull is reported to have said that the proposed loan deal is still in its "early days" with Jewell and Bullard believed to be planning talks in the next 48 hours, after Town’s Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Arsenal.

If the player agrees in principle to making the switch, which the Tigers would welcome, the clubs would have to come to an arrangement regarding the 32-year-old’s £45,000-a-week wage, the issue which led to a summer loan to Celtic breaking down.

The Blues would be looking to pay only a proportion of Bullard’s salary, which was agreed as part of a deal which runs to 2013 during Hull’s time as a Premier League club.

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clive_baker added 09:19 - Jan 25 Loan deal would be ideal. We would pay his wages for the remainder of the season and maybe a small fee and get a quality player for 5 months at very low risk as we can send him back in the summer if not required. Would be a good addition and personality in the changing room. Him and Norris would cause all sorts of trouble on and off the pitch. The dark cloud of Keane is being lifted and we will now see players playing with a smile on their faces. A bit of 'crazy gang' spirit is what we have missed!

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finidiwoah added 09:20 - Jan 25 get him in, a match winner and someone who can unlock a defense if injury free.... also a great character to have around and could really help to turn our season around if things go well!!!!
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bluelady added 09:22 - Jan 25 clive_baker when you say we will page is wages, i assume you are not suggesting we pay the full 45K a week!
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bedsitfc added 09:23 - Jan 25 If he comes here i hope the wage issue dont cause problems for us in the changing room, and as long as we have a clause that we can send him back if injured.
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Moscow_Blue added 09:44 - Jan 25 A lifelong friend who is a Hull season ticket holder believes that Bullard is incredibly disruptive and they would (Hull and its supporters) be absolutely delighted to offload him. We need to be very cautious here although I acknowledge that he is a very talented player. The issue is can Paul Jewell manage him?
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katemoss added 09:48 - Jan 25 Calm down he ain't coming, nor is anyone else. The tranfer window closes on Monday and we haven't signed anyone. The deals that get done have been done already or are being worked on now. Like all the other transfer window Ipswich Town misses out again.
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imalwayswrong added 09:55 - Jan 25 How much was Walters on? We are not paying that anymore
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bluelady added 10:06 - Jan 25 katemoss, can you come up with anything original your posts are well rather zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ohps sorry fell asleep
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BrightBlue added 10:33 - Jan 25 Katemoss are you Woppit in disguise? If you can't find anything positive to say, could you kindly refrain from posting!! This is a new era at ITFC... the doom and gloom days are being put behind us!!
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truckertractorboy added 10:39 - Jan 25 boring boring boring boring boring katemoss i would like some new signings but it wouldnt be the end of the world we have a good(ish) squad just need some belief in their selfs which i think pj will give them
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TotalBlue added 11:13 - Jan 25 It would be nice to have some fresh faces but I have a feeling that jewell is being VERY shrewd. He doesnt want to spend the money he has now unless for the perfect player available then add the money available now to his summer kitty and build a championship winning team. In my eyes if he is doing that then he is pulling a blinder the squad we have now is good enough to deliver this seasons target!!!

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BrettenhamBlue added 11:36 - Jan 25 Katemoss may well have a good point. Negotiations are starting about the "megasalary" and I doubt they will be concluded. What percentage of that can we realistically pay? Hull will (obviously) want us to pay most of it as he will be "our" player,- but I fear that this is where negotiations will break down. PJ has been smart so far, no panic buys and a full assessment being made of the squad. VERY fed up with the constant pressure from Cotterill on Norris though. Why don't we transfer list him now and see who else comes into the frame? I bet someone other than Pompey will be willing to pay more money for him here and now. Just because he is transfer listed does not mean we have to accept the silly sums offered by Portsmouth. Norris remains silent on the issue,- not a good thing. If we can, get £600,000 for him now and lets be done with him (he's worth more, but I fear psychologically he's no longer our player anymore).

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8ashblue added 11:57 - Jan 25 it looks like PJ is covering the possibility of losing Chuck. My guess is that his agent has secured a good deal at Pompy (3 years!). As for JB, he only returned from 2 month injury in decmber and while he's played, it was interesting that he wasnt used in Hull's last two games (could have been injured again or maybe they've expected him to leave soon!) I'd only take him on a pay as you play basis but doubt he'd join on those terms.

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bluelady added 12:16 - Jan 25 if this is a loan signing doesnt have to be complete by Monday does it?
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Tillz9 added 12:29 - Jan 25 Kate moss - your post has no relevance to this story as loans can go through once the window shuts
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PurgamentumIneo added 13:06 - Jan 25 Great player and a great character for the dressing room, but what about his injuries?
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hollywoodginge added 13:10 - Jan 25 just a view on people saying about loans being good for the short term only and not good for the club and being against them in general, whilst i can see their point I believe blackpool were heavily dependant on loanees in their promotion campaign so just goes to show, if used correctly, this can be an effective way operating and also can provide an opportunity for us to see some big names in a town shirt that would otherwise be just a fantasy, i think we can all agree that we loved having Gio as one of our own when a year previous he was a regular in the Barcelona team! I hope we do get bullard in because above all i believe he is better than what we have and will improve our team. Just my opinion.

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lincolnshireblue added 16:32 - Jan 25 Katemoss please take a happy pill. If JB comes to us on loan, fantastic, if he doesn't no probs. Would be good to see a couple of signings by Monday plus JB on loan and we will push on well away from the bottom.
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