Fulham are reported to have made Manchester United an offer for midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe, who is currently due to stay on loan with the Blues until the end of the season.

According to Sky Sports, the Cottagers have made a joint bid for Tunnicliffe and another midfielder Larnell Cole, both of whom manager René Meulensteen will know well from his time as assistant boss at Old Trafford under Sir Alex Ferguson.

Tunnicliffe has been a regular in the Town side since joining on loan in August, making 24 starts and five sub appearances. He extended his spell until the end of the season earlier this month.

Losing the 21-year-old former England U17 international would be a blow for the Blues, although they are already reported to be talking to a potential replacement, Leeds midfielder Paul Green.

Meanwhile, Saturday's opponents Bolton are understood to have made an enquiry to Millwall regarding ex-Town midfielder Liam Trotter.

The Lions themselves, along with Burnley, are talking to Yeovil about another member of Town's 2005 FA Youth Cup squad, winning goalscorer Ed Upson.

Another member of that team, striker Danny Haynes, completed a move from Notts County to Hibernian yesterday, while former defender Mark Venus has applied for the vacant Shrewsbury manager's job.

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IITFC1948 added 11:39 - Jan 30 That's the reason we are linked with Paul Green then
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WorcesterBlue added 11:42 - Jan 30 OK - the Green link makes a bit more sense then but I still ask why we can't sign an attacking midfielder to play ahead of Hyam or Skuse?
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MickMillsTash added 11:46 - Jan 30 Tunnicliffe gives the ball away far to cheaply to play in the Premier league. Trotter would be a decent player to have back at Portman Road.
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Jimmy86 added 11:53 - Jan 30 Wouldnt be a major loss, he seemingly played better wide left, when he really is a centre mid by trade. Hasn't registered on the score sheet and doesn't look like scoring either. Not impressed by green either. We need a creative, goal scoring midfielder, to help out dids and murph
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bluefeast added 11:56 - Jan 30 we still have to protect the back four. our system is about stopping the opposition playing ,we are not a free flowing expansive system. Its our system that has us top 5 in goals scored column. Put a powder puff creative attack minded midfielder in and we would concede more. MM knows what he is doing.
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StuartBrett8 added 11:58 - Jan 30 He'll probably go to Fulham and score loads.... just our luck :P
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TimmyH added 12:04 - Jan 30 Let's be honest here, doesn't assist or score any goals and that really isn't good enough at this level to go to a Premiership team, saying that we'll probably be playing them next season (they look like they are defo in a relegation scrap).
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miltonsnephew added 12:14 - Jan 30 Anyone else fancy us signing Bakary Sako of wolves and getting stearman on a contract like we had Didsy last season on loan and with a view to sign on at the end of the season? Send that other right back who we've just loaned back to Middlesbrough! (Frazer Richardson) Pretty sure Stearman hasn't signed a new contract at wolves so will be out of contract at the end of the season

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ashleylewis10 added 12:20 - Jan 30 bluefeast - totally agree with you. We need strong characters, not attacking flair with an attitude to match. Just wouldn;t work out. I think that's why Taylor has struggled to break into the team
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calypso_blue added 12:27 - Jan 30 when are we going to learn how to use the loan system?
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Jeff_winger added 12:28 - Jan 30 Dont think he is what Fulham need to stay up
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TimmyH added 12:32 - Jan 30 Cole Skuse is generally the holding midfielder of the 2 (when Tunnicliffe does play in the middle) and Tunnicliffe has mainly been out on the left for most of this season and still hasn't produced that much if anything towards scoring.
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Gipeswic added 12:40 - Jan 30 Big loss if he goes. Much of what he's about is off the ball. He covers so much ground during a match.
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Jimmy86 added 12:50 - Jan 30 Gipeswic no different from hyam then, who lets face it cant pass, score or create goal scoring chances. Hyam does cover a lot of ground off the ball too. Tunners has been ok, nothing more, nothing less. Its been interesting to see he actually has performed better out wide than in his preferred position in the middle. Our midfield is based too much on grafters and work horses

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kerryblue added 13:02 - Jan 30 Started off alright but seems to have gone off the boil lately,suits Fulham
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Surco72 added 13:04 - Jan 30 Would rather us go for Trotter above Tunnicliffe or Green , offers a lot more and was a poor decision to let him go
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Keaneish added 13:06 - Jan 30 Wouldn't be overly disappointed. Hasn;t done what i thought he'd do in the middle.
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mow_the_lawn added 13:06 - Jan 30 He tries hard, but if he's to be considered a central midfielder his ball retention and passing needs a lot of work. He would get found out even more regularly in a premier league team than he does here. He gets about the pitch a fair amount but I'm never convinced about him going into a tackle, he has a tendency to go in back first or jump over it if it looks 50/50. A centre mid with average passing and a low % of tackles won won't be many managers first choice of type player. At least Hyam will commit to every tackle he thinks he can win.

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Jimmy86 added 13:23 - Jan 30 Surco if you remember it was trotter's decision to leave, he turned down the new contract that keane offered him. That sham of a red card against pompey really knocked trotter's run of momentum and confidence
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BlueandTruesince82 added 13:33 - Jan 30 I have alrady heard this to be hocum. Tunners is going nowhere. Lets not look back at players lost because where does it stop? If only we hadnt sold Tarrico, Kiwomya, Dozzel, Atkinson. If only Zondavon had stayed and Muren. Why has Bobby Petta allowed to go? Im sure Adrian Paz would have been decent if he had been given more time! Why was Robson ever allowed to go to England and as for Sir Alf? Well what was the club thinking! These things are all passed lets look to the future because this is the first season since Big Jim left that we have looked competative. COYB

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ipswichboi added 13:41 - Jan 30 I've been out on the lash with Tunners.
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NITFC added 13:43 - Jan 30 Liam Trotter to go to The Trotters then. LOL
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Surco72 added 15:17 - Jan 30 Jimmy86 ... Trotter was sold by Keane after it being made clear to him that he was not wanted , the same as Rhodes . If the manager and the club had wanted him he would not have been allowed to go . Blueandtrue.....And getting old players back that are better than what we have is surely looking forward and repairing past damage and improving the squad and team with someone who already knows the club , players and staff ? Was bringing Klug back to Ipswich a mistake ? Or Wark ?

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Jimmy86 added 15:55 - Jan 30 Surco im afraid i dont agree regarding trotter. Keane rated trotter hence why he offered him a new contract. It was liam' s choice to go to millwall full time, having been on loan there. He might not have been a guranteed starter at town, but he was well thought of at the time
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Surco72 added 17:04 - Jan 30 Jimmy86 ... the club had to offer him a contract due to his age or he could have left for no fee at all . If Keane rated him so highly you have to ask yourself why was he allowed to go on loan to Millwall ? Rated players are not sent on loan , hence the amount of game time Taylor has been given since he was sent on loan and got himself fit
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