Boss Mick McCarthy has reiterated that Town would be willing to sell left-back Aaron Cresswell if the right offer comes in this summer. The 24-year-old has continued to be linked with numerous Premier League clubs over the last few months.

“I’m not surprised,” McCarthy told the club site. “If a Premier League club comes in for him, at some stage Cressy has got to take that and go and play at that level.

“We are not going to let him go for silly money. We don’t have to let him go because he’s under contract but if a ‘proper’ offer came in, Cressy knew about it and it was a club that he would like to go to, we have to look at it.

“If we don’t he’s going to say ‘come on gaffer!’. We have to be fair to him. He knows what we think of him here and he loves the place as well.

“If the offer is right for the club and we don’t give him that opportunity, you can lose his head and his heart and if that happens, we won’t have the same player.”

Southampton were regular visitors to Portman Road during 2013/14 and were believed to be the front runners — with some Saints sources recently claiming that they had even got as far as making an unsuccessful £4.5 million offer earlier in the summer — but the departure of their manager Mauricio Pochettino to Tottenham this week is likely to put their interest on hold while his replacement is installed.

If Cresswell, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2017, were to move on his former club Tranmere Rovers would be entitled to 20 per cent of the profit the Blues would make on the £420,000 they paid for him after his switch to Portman Road in the summer of 2011.

A Football League tribunal set a compensation figure of an initial £240,000 plus milestone clauses, with only a £100,000 payment on promotion to the Premier League not triggered.

With Town adhering strictly to the Financial Fair Play rules, McCarthy is unlikely to have much of a transfer war chest at his disposal this summer unless a current player is sold for a significant fee.

On the subject of additions to McCarthy's squad, joint-MD Ian Milne says there are currently few firm developments.

“I was talking to Marcus Evans, the owner, the other day and it’s very early at the moment,” he told BBC Suffolk. “There are a few twitters going on but there’s no news at this moment. Watch this space.”

Asked about McCarthy’s own future, Milne hinted that an extension to the Town boss’s contract, which is up next summer, could be under discussion: “Mick will be around for a while. Watch this space.”

Milne added that next year’s season ticket sales are up on last year’s total of around 12,000.

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BlueandTruesince82 added 16:31 - May 30 Its simple IF a big enough offer come in and IF Cressie wants to go it will be accepted because were it to happen and it to be rejected out of hand Cressie may feel somewhat aggrieved. According to numerous reports we have already knocked back between 3.5 and 4,5 mil. It may not be true but given the number reports it seems likely. This suggests that club is holding out for decent value. Whilst he is class, I doubt a left back is going to be the difference between promotion or nay. It may well be that there is a contract clause that means the club have to inform of any prem offer, or indeed any offer of a certain value, Either way if clubs are bidding then I would rather MM drum up business than accept the 1st offer. Rather than sounding desperate to sell the statement suggests to me that A, the club will only sell at fair market value (so not desperate at all|) and B, to other clubs that the bidding has started so if you really want him its hand in the pocket time as he's not short on suitors. I would rather numerous clubs clamouring then 1 club putting in 1 bid and getting him. Shaw isn't worth 27 million, its over inflated. Lets hope that Cressie goes for that kind of money in the future and we have a 20% sell on clause as well because that would in essence double our money based on a £4,5 million fee now. Bottom line, players now have far more power, if he wants to go he will, if he doesn't he wont. Simple. I really cant fathom why so many people are shocked that a club that looses money needs to sell players.

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blueboy1981 added 22:52 - May 30 .......... more 'sales talk' from MM - I guess he'll soon be offering a 'free' football with him......... !! Shall we move on ? - or talk forever about this trosh .......
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Kirbmeister added 00:30 - May 31 Fees of £3.5, £4.5, even £6 million are quoted here. You can get a top international defender for that money. We will get no where near that figure if he is sold. He's a good Championship defender at present that's all.
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bring_back_Wickham added 07:11 - May 31 Bunt itfc - interesting seeing cresswell matching Leighton Baines as well if you add him
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yorksblue added 09:11 - May 31 What about MM cCarthyio to Dirty Leeds utdio?
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cowboynickblue added 10:34 - May 31 Love Cresswell, but if he goes he goes. Dont think it will be more than 4 mill simply for the fact that we are a championship club with an unproven left back (in premiership) and zabaleta cost man city something like 5 mill and chelse's left back cost them 7 mill and they are world class players. Just like to say i think Cresswell will be a good left back in prem for someone

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blueboy1981 added 13:35 - May 31 ........ at the moment it seems that the most likely buyer will be one of the posters on here - some seem to have plenty of 'millions' to keep talking nonsense about !!! TimmyH - got it right - Where's the genuine interest in Cresswel ? - other than MM trying hard to sell, and people on here quoting far over the top figures / valuations. Decent Championship Defender Cresswell - no more, no less. Get real you people.

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