Town and Leicester City are chasing Mick McCarthy’s one-time Wolves captain Karl Henry, according to one of this morning’s tabloids.

The Blues boss is a big fan of Henry, who has been linked with Town on several occasions since McCarthy took over at Portman Road, however, the 30-year-old midfielder's lucrative Wolves contract runs for another three years and the reported asking price of £850,000 is likely to be well beyond the Blues at present. Leicester would currently appear a more likely destination.

Elsewhere, Town, Hull City and Blackburn Rovers are showing interest in Millwall keeper David Forde with the newly-promoted Tigers the favourites for his signature, according to Irish reports. The 33-year-old Ireland international has a year remaining on his contract with the Lions.

Some of this morning’s nationals also report Town offering terms to Wycombe winger Joel Grant and Tranmere keeper Owain Fon Williams, as reported by TWTD on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Blues, Crystal Palace, Doncaster, Blackpool and Millwall are all reported to have shown interest in 32-year-old Irish international midfielder Steven Reid, who is now close to agreeing new terms with his current club West Brom.

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Keaneish added 09:42 - Jun 15 No way! Next....
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StochesStotasBlewe added 09:46 - Jun 15 He,ll spend more time suspended than playing. No thanks. Agree Keanish.
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SheffieldBlue1 added 09:46 - Jun 15 Central Midfield is sorted now thanks, other areas need to be focused on. Thanks, but no thanks.
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pazelle added 09:49 - Jun 15 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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BigAlsMate added 09:50 - Jun 15 In agreement with my fellow posters above - not a player for us in my opinion. However, what does bother me is the statement that at "£850,000 is likely to be well beyond the Blues at present". Does this means all we can look forward to is free agents and lots of loans yet again this season?
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Michael11 added 09:53 - Jun 15 God i hope not. Think with Hyam and Skuse we have two ball winning midfielders already. We need to get some creative players around them now. Quite like the Forde link, he's been solid for Millwall and Ireland.
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WJG_87 added 09:57 - Jun 15 Most worrying part of this article is the £850k fee being beyond us!
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ShropshireBluenago09 added 09:59 - Jun 15 i know its not just down to two players, but Wolves fans place a lot of blame on him and Roger Johnson for their demise. No thanks - Stearman from Wolves and let that be it!
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uppersirbob added 10:02 - Jun 15 No Thanks Would like Stearman tho
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Tractamatt added 10:03 - Jun 15 Im not concerned with any of this its now silly season and we will be connected to every player available on a Bosman. I have a sneaky suspicion that MM has already identified and approached who he wants and that we will be more than surprised by a couple of them.
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ChrisFelix added 10:03 - Jun 15 Strikes me we are linked with every Irishman or Wolves player who becomes available. But unlike the 3 previous Town managers I feel Mick knows who & will get who he wants
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rexron added 10:04 - Jun 15 Only Stearman fro Wolves. Get a creative midfielder who can play left, right and in the centre.
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walberswick added 10:05 - Jun 15 if we can't afford £850k we shoukd be in Div 1.
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yorksblue added 10:22 - Jun 15 Forde would be a good signing.. I thought Hull had signed the ex Rangers keeper McGregor.
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emergencylime added 10:40 - Jun 15 No ta.
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towntillidie283 added 10:54 - Jun 15 No thanks please forget about this one Only player I want from wolves is Stearman that's it. we don't need anymore centre midfielders as got now Hyam, Tabb, Skuse and Wordsworth
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blueconscience added 11:10 - Jun 15 Is anyone ever good enough for people who post in the comments?
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HARRY10 added 11:17 - Jun 15 "Most worrying part of this article is the £850k fee being beyond us!" Given that we've been told that we will only be signing out of contract players then any fee is beyond us. The real worry is can we compete on the wages front - that is where the real dealing will be done this summer.
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iTFC4LiFE99 added 11:17 - Jun 15 We can't even afford 850,000 why are leister able to spend so much money under FFP? This worries me we must sell JET and Chopra
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Wickets added 11:22 - Jun 15 Cant understand why no one rates him,if there is a scrap of truth in this link he will be well known to Mick and Terry, dont we trust the judgement of the management team who got us out of the brown stuff now.
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Wickets added 11:24 - Jun 15 Someone on here thinks we can go into next season with just 4 midfield players!! how many did we use last season?
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Stewart27 added 11:26 - Jun 15 I don't want Henry but am really worried that we can't spend under 1 million on one player. I completely agree with free transfers but I feel we need to spend a little to get the quality required.
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renard added 11:33 - Jun 15 My take is that 850 K is beyond town because of his lucrative contract. I'm pretty sure Mick will be allowed to spend some money, not as much as many would like, but still. But I think transfer fees will only be spent on lower league players, with more reasonable wage demands. And with the numbers of quality free agents out there I'm not too worried. Town have made some very decent signings already.

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TimmyH added 11:40 - Jun 15 More 'links'....no thanks, I think we're ok in the holding area of midfield, Skuse or Tabb could do that job.
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Garv added 11:54 - Jun 15 Overrated and overpriced. Move on.
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