Blues boss Paul Jewell says there have been developments with French midfielder Cheick Kourouma’s situation with the 20-year-old now looking set to sign the one-year deal TWTD revealed he had agreed back in June.

Town have had to obtain agreements from all his former clubs from the age of 12 onwards that they would waive FIFA compensation which is technically due to them. The final few of those were still outstanding as of this morning.

Paris-born Kourouma, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury, spent time with French sides CO Vincennes, ASBR Football, Dijon FCO and US Torcy and Sochaux, who he joined at 15, before he moved on to Spanish club Real Zaragoza and then on to Genoa, who he left last season.

Jewell said: “I feel a bit sorry for him but Simon Clegg tells me that there might be hope for him. We’ve got until 11 this evening.

“I actually said, ‘Look that’s it’, there was so much red tape, there are so many clubs coming out of the woodwork, it was getting a bit tiresome. So I said we’d have to bring it to an end. But there have been developments.”

TWTD was first to reveal the Blues' interest in the central midfielder back in May.

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KernewekBlue added 15:20 - Aug 31 Can he play at CB?
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irishtim added 15:21 - Aug 31 Hope it works out for all parties.
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Andy32Cracknell added 15:22 - Aug 31 boring
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Lolocaust6 added 15:23 - Aug 31 Is there much point in wasting the little time left in this transfer window on someone who might not even make the first team?
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TotalBlue added 15:25 - Aug 31 High Kourouma what a farce but welcome aboard mate by all accounts a fantastic signing
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DutchTownFan added 15:25 - Aug 31 come on....... surely we can get this done and jewells comment about the signings must be a joke as we def need a perm cb COYB
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KernewekBlue added 15:26 - Aug 31 Can we please concentrate on getting in some decent defensive cover? Also, can we speculate some of the cash we've saved on the wage bill (by getting rid of the also-rans and never-gonna-runs) on giving George Boyd a fair deal for his ability and make it a more attractive prospect to sign on the dotted line? Perhaps a player with his passing and scoring ability can take some of the heat off the defence by not giving the ball away in crucial areas of the pitch? Still need to sure up the defence though, as a priority!

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PaoloMaldini added 15:28 - Aug 31 I expect him to have his contract settled up in six months time and then move to Palace.
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ellerblue added 15:33 - Aug 31 No rush on this one "currently sidelined with knee injury" get a bloody cb in quick time you plonker
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kuyski added 15:36 - Aug 31 one-year ？？？？？？？？
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arc added 15:37 - Aug 31 If he's a free agent, why does the widow apply?
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kuyski added 15:40 - Aug 31 if good enough why is not 3 years，coach cogitation，you never know
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muhrensleftfoot added 15:43 - Aug 31 Can't understand it really. If he becomes a star and we sell him on for millions, then we may have to pay a few 100 grand compensation to his former clubs. So what! If he fades into obscurity then also no problem. Also as one of the above posters pointed out, he's a free agent, so the transfer window shouldn't apply.
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pazelle added 15:48 - Aug 31 Here's a player that wants to play for the club - going round Europe in a wheelchair sorting out bureaucratic ballbags just to play for the ressies! That's the spirit!
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AbujaBlue added 16:02 - Aug 31 For effort alone this guy deserves it!
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theblueginger added 16:14 - Aug 31 The next Viera? been so long i'd forgotten about him.
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jamesmostevens added 16:27 - Aug 31 PaoloMaldini - stop being so ridiculous, he will obviously be moving to Hearts after 6 months, not Palace.
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walberswick added 17:07 - Aug 31 Signs today, injured til December, on bench for U-21's. Get's fed up, released end of season, signs for Bournemouth. Never heard of again.
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firmfoundations added 17:20 - Aug 31 How many weeks has Clegg had to resolve this? Potentially yet another failure on his behalf. He has to go for the sake of OUR club. He is nothing short of a disaster.
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Garv added 17:22 - Aug 31 We sign players for the future and people complain he isn't ready for the first team yet. Unbelievable.
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NW10_Tractor added 17:24 - Aug 31 For all of this hard work and red tape, thought they would have offered him a longer contract - however, should he perform well, catch the eye of a prem club and want to move on then I can see us cashing in on some of that there compensation... Win win all round I hope!
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soclopath added 19:16 - Aug 31 Let's face it how can Mr Clegg assist in sorting out this lads dream move when he is totally engrossed on the Guam Olympians
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ChrisMakin2012 added 23:42 - Aug 31 He really isn't that good.
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walberswick added 08:38 - Sep 1 We sign him for the future and give him a 1 year contract?
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