Blues boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that he’d like to bring his former Wolves scouts Dave Bowman (pictured) and Ian ‘Taff’ Evans to Portman Road. The duo left their roles at Molineux on Friday.

McCarthy says he’d be interested in being reunited with the pair: “Yes, because they’re guys of mine. We’ll see. There’s nothing in place at the moment but it’s something I’ll look at.”

Egham-born Evans was the Wolves European scout having previously been McCarthy’s assistant manager at Molineux, as well as being on his staff at Millwall, Sunderland and with the Republic of Ireland, including during the World Cup in 2002.

The former Wales international played with QPR, Crystal Palace, Barnsley, Exeter and Cambridge United as a defender and was also assistant manager to Steve Coppell at tonight’s opponents Crystal Palace for five years and boss at Swansea City.

Bowman, who was the chief scout at Wolves, first linked up with McCarthy and Evans at Barnsley and was with them at Millwall, Sunderland and with the Republic of Ireland, where he also worked under Brian Kerr and Steve Staunton.

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bluefeast added 07:46 - Nov 6 Absolute key these two. Im not convinced by what our current scouts have done . These two however are absolute gems
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slowerball added 08:08 - Nov 6 Scouting decent players is one thing, getting players in and contracts agreed is another. I'm sure I could go out and identify the right player but we know the issues have been the final hurdle over contracts - many examples, eg, Boyd & Austin.
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WeirdFishes added 08:38 - Nov 6 Good point
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JustSpivvyChops added 09:20 - Nov 6 Yeah, it was all just a big coincidence that you got a new job and these guys quit Wolves........pull the other one.
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im_marcacus added 10:44 - Nov 6 Oh, if only we hadn't screwed up signing Austin... :(
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