Town are reported to have had an offer turned down for Leicester striker George Hirst.

TWTD revealed in May that the 23-year-old was among the frontmen on the Blues’ list of potential summer recruits and earlier in the week reported that the former England U20 international was a firm target.

Now the Portsmouth News is reporting that Town have had an offer rebuffed by the Foxes.

Portsmouth are also interested in Hirst returning on loan following a spell at Fratton Park last season in which he scored 15 times.

TWTD understands the Blues and Pompey are facing Championship opposition for Hirst, who has a year left on his Leicester contract, with one club having made an offer. Rotherham, where he spent a spell on loan in 2020/21, and Blackburn have previously been linked.

Hirst, the son of former Sheffield Wednesday and England frontman David, started his career with the Owls and as a youngster played for England’s U17s, U18s, U19s and U20s, featuring alongside Andre Dozzell, Flynn Downes, Tristan Nydam and Nick Hayes.

The 6ft 3in tall striker joined Belgian second division side OH Leuven in June 2018, then a year later moved on to Leicester.

Since signing for the Foxes he has made only two sub appearances, spending time on loan with the Millers, failing to score in four starts and 28 appearances from the bench, before last season’s spell at Pompey.

Meanwhile, Blues left-back target Leif Davis is reported to have impressed Leeds manager Jesse Marsch in pre-season, having played the second half of yesterday’s 4-0 friendly victory over Blackpool, however, could still move on according to The Athletic’s Whites journalist Phil Hay in his podcast.

“From what I’m told, Leif Davis has done really well since coming back,” he said. “Marsch has been quite sold on him. Ipswich are keen on Davis, they’re offering a lot of money in comparison to how much he has played. So he might exit.”

TWTD revealed on Monday that the Blues had made a £1 million move for Davis plus top-ups potentially totalling £500,000.

Davis has made six first-team starts and eight appearances from the bench, while he made 10 starts and five sub appearances for AFC Bournemouth during an injury-hit loan spell last season.

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Stato added 20:28 - Jul 8 @blues1 I really like Paddy Lane at Fleetwood but he isn't a number 9 and I've no idea what he would cost us. You and McKenna seem to agree Hirst is the answer but 13 players scored more goals than him in league 1 last season so he needs to step up. No doubt Ashton will get the deal done and I hope to be eating humble pie at the end of the season. I'm an Ipswich fan and I want to see us do well. Seems like a lot of fuss from me merely saying I had hoped we might aim higher

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blues1 added 20:37 - Jul 8 So u think a player from fleetwood is a higher level than some1 at a pl club? Really? Not saying he isn't decent as I know nothing about him, in fact, never heard of him but to say he's of a higher standard than hirst? Odd to say the least. Yes there were players who scored more than hirst but it was his 1st season playing in lge1 and he didn't get going until the 2nd half of the season, but once he did he did well. No reason he shouldnt keep on improving. I dont know if hirst is the answer, but the fact po.pey want him back again and championship clubs want him, suggests he has something about him. I'd say that under Evans tenure, this is exactly the type of player many fans were craving for us to sign, young, good prospect, and we rarely, if ever actually did. So don't get why fans are now moaning about is trying to do exactly that.

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blues1 added 20:37 - Jul 8 So u think a player from fleetwood is a higher level than some1 at a pl club? Really? Not saying he isn't decent as I know nothing about him, in fact, never heard of him but to say he's of a higher standard than hirst? Odd to say the least. Yes there were players who scored more than hirst but it was his 1st season playing in lge1 and he didn't get going until the 2nd half of the season, but once he did he did well. No reason he shouldnt keep on improving. I dont know if hirst is the answer, but the fact po.pey want him back again and championship clubs want him, suggests he has something about him. I'd say that under Evans tenure, this is exactly the type of player many fans were craving for us to sign, young, good prospect, and we rarely, if ever actually did. So don't get why fans are now moaning about is trying to do exactly that.

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blues1 added 20:45 - Jul 8 Blueboy1981. The only thing that doesnt change is ur constant, pathetic negative comments about the club. Are you stuck in a time warp maybe? Under Evans u r right, we often were slow trying to get signings over the line. How are we being slow here. We're the 1st club to make a bid for both hirst and Davies. We cant get them over the line until we've had our bids accepted. I'm sure we'll go in with a 2nd bid for hurst, which may or may not be accepted. He may not want to play in lge1 again, so will opt for a championship club. He may prefer to go back to Pompey on loan, as he was there before. But no doubt if we dont get him you'll blame it on the club. Rather than it being the players preferred option to go elsewhere.

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PKeng99 added 21:36 - Jul 8 PTT/GForce fp😎 totally agree with ur overseas comments. Im sure I read about us scouting in Sth America...🤔
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Edmundo added 22:14 - Jul 8 We have plan b and c nowadays. I think both transfers are lagging, so we may well suddenly swoop elsewhere next week.
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Gforce added 23:21 - Jul 8 Tractorboybig......A hidden gem could quite easily be currently playing in the Dutch or Norwegian second division, earning peanuts, don't tell me they wouldn't jump at the chance to join a massive club with huge potential and history like Ipswich Town.
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Dab added 00:04 - Jul 9 Hope I'm wrong but the Leif Davies rumour started in the EADT and the "we have bid for Hirst" rumour started in the Portsmouth News. Not exactly 2 verifiable sources bearing in mind that when things happen they seem to appear out of nowhere when someone pulls on the sacred shirt in front of the stand
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bobble added 01:02 - Jul 9 we are a mediocre 3rd division team, thats the quality of players we will get
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tractorboybig added 14:02 - Jul 9 gforce we WERE a massive club now an average third tier
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blueboy1981 added 16:29 - Jul 9 blues1 - You live in a cloud cuckoo world most of your time - as ever optimistic and upbeat about everything ITFC that you are season after season - you always overlook the fact that for all your optimism we are STILL a bog standard mid table THIRD DIVISION CLUB. Living in your fantasy world doesn't seem to allow you to accept that fact. Shall we see if this season proves any different ??? - before constant euphoria.

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Stato added 18:30 - Jul 9 @blues1 chuffing Nora don't put words in my mouth. I'm not a scout and don't profess any skill in assessing player potential. I honestly can't believe the fuss you have kicked up just because I said I had hoped we might aim higher. God forbid any poster on here should refuse to join the happy clappy brigade who wildly applaud everything the club does. Managers do make mistakes and Cook is the most recent example of one after another so please give it a rest with this whole attitude of the manager knows best as actually the club finished 11th in Tier 3 last season so it's embarrassing some of you won't accept the facts that there is a lot of room for improvement in the performance of all those responsible for running the club

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leftie1972 added 20:31 - Jul 9 Have a look at Sonny Perkins who's just been released by West Ham. Decent size who can comfortably run with the ball and finish with both feet.
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