TWTD understands that Town’s joint bid is for Portsmouth duo Jason Pearce and Joel Ward (left). Blues boss Paul Jewell revealed that he had made offers for three players, two at the same club, after Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Blackpool.

Right-back or midfielder Ward, 22, came through the youth system at hometown club Pompey, spending the 2008/09 season out on loan at Bournemouth.

Standing 6ft 2in tall, Ward made his Portsmouth first team debut the following Premier League season and has now made 57 starts and 18 sub appearances for Pompey, scoring five goals. He signed a contract until June 2013 a year ago.

Hillingdon-born Pearce also began his career with Pompey’s youth set-up but after spells on loan at Bognor Regis Town and Woking joined Bournemouth on a permanent basis in August 2007.

The 6ft 1½in tall centre-half established himself as a key member of the Bournemouth side as they progressed from League Two strugglers to League One play-off semi-finalists. In January 2010 he was named the Cherries’ first team captain.

Last summer, after a failed bid from Peterborough and reported interest from the Blues amongst others, Pearce returned to Pompey for a fee of £300,000 rising to £600,000 after milestone clauses are met, signing a three-year deal. This season the 24-year-old has made 24 starts and has scored one goal.

Portsmouth are currently in the midst of yet another change of ownership with parent company Convers Sports Initiatives having gone into administration in November. Despite an already depleted squad, Pompey could be forced to sell members of their playing staff to raise funds.

Pearce

The identity of the third player, a teenager, according to the quotes from Jewell released earlier today, remains a mystery. Players matching that profile linked in recent months include Preston striker Jamie Proctor, Southend midfielder Kane Ferdinand and Leyton Orient winger George Porter.

Town are reported to be expecting a response from Portsmouth in the next 48 hours

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Dowson added 16:46 - Jan 17 22 and 24 blimey jewell you feeling alright big boy ??
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JayITFC added 16:47 - Jan 17 Young and tall - I like the sound of this pair!
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SkipDonahue added 16:47 - Jan 17 Best wishes Tamas. Skip
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slippery added 16:47 - Jan 17 Really not that excited bout hat if it's true
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bostonusablue added 16:47 - Jan 17 Are these two any good?
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walberswick added 16:48 - Jan 17 Is it Colin Viljoen?
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Rorschach added 16:48 - Jan 17 No way - look at the guy's hair!
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HARRY10 added 16:50 - Jan 17 Could this finally be the turning point, when we start to build for the future not for a retirement home ? Fingers crossed.
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Frase1987 added 16:52 - Jan 17 Lets be honest, not 1 of us knows a great deal about either of them. So lets not judge yet.
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Surco72 added 16:53 - Jan 17 Pearce is a very good young defender who it was a shame we didnt get in the summer .Dont know much about Ward but has to be better than a winger playing out of position and both with championship experience in one of the best defences in the league so far this season
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irishtim added 16:54 - Jan 17 Dont know too much about them. Hopefully kane ferdinand is the teenager good player
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blueconscience added 16:57 - Jan 17 I predict it will be a Scunthorpe pair tomorrow
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casanovacrow added 16:57 - Jan 17 promising
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tractorboy2434 added 16:58 - Jan 17 Believe it when you see it
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DutchTownFan added 17:02 - Jan 17 Sounds good, let's hope it goes through. -Young - Regulars - From a championship club Come on PJ!
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BROTHERBLUE1974 added 17:03 - Jan 17 INTERESTING....
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Moscow_Blue added 17:05 - Jan 17 Looking back at Phil's match reports I note that they both played the full 90 minutes when Portsmouth visited us earlier in the season (and we managed a very fortunate 1-0 win), so they must be pretty reasonable. With the dismissal of Tamas Priskin also announced today it looks like this is a clearing out and restart period based more on youth. Surely, we have to be thankful for that. COYB!!!

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bizman added 17:07 - Jan 17 Pearce is quality and would be the solid CB we desperately need. Dunno about the other guy but heard he is one to watch. Probably defensively he would be much better than Carlos Edwards!
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bardwell03 added 17:09 - Jan 17 Is there anyone town aren't targeting?
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bedsitfc added 17:09 - Jan 17 like the sound of this
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geography26 added 17:13 - Jan 17 I can't see them wanting to come to us if I'm being honest.
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Tractamatt added 17:14 - Jan 17 All well and good but when will we get an answer from Pompey.Still think Jewell wil bring in 4 plyers this window.
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TractorBeezer added 17:31 - Jan 17 Right positions and right size. Woohoo!
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Crazee added 17:35 - Jan 17 I'll get excited when it happens
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Mark added 17:36 - Jan 17 I was disappointed that we didn't sign Pearce in the summer, so maybe it will happen this time. With so many clubs having financial problems, there must be plenty of opportunities out there to bring in decent young players like him. Still, it's 3 days since we heard about Ipswich's bids and no news yet of acceptance or rejection.
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