TWTD understands Wycombe Wanderers, Aberdeen and Plymouth Argyle have joined Derby County and Watford in showing interest in Blues midfielder Idris El Mizouni following his impressive loan spell at Leyton Orient.

A month ago, TWTD revealed that the Rams and the Hornets are keen on the 22-year-old, who helped the O’s - who also retain an interest - to the League Two title during his season-long loan spell.

Now, we understand the Chairboys, Dons and Pilgrims have joined the chase.

Earlier today, Wycombe announced that Town’s academy head of recruitment Scott Mitchell is joining them as their first-team head of recruitment and the former Blues full-back will know El Mizouni well from his time at Playford Road.

However, their interest in the Tunisia international goes back to January 2022 when they were considering taking him on loan.

El Mizouni is contracted to Town until the summer of 2024 with the club having an option for a further season.

However, despite his excellent campaign at Brisbane Road - he was named Players’ Player and Manager’s Player of the Year and was included in the EFL League Two Team of the Season - he is likely to find himself well back in the pecking order for a central midfield role when he returns to Town for pre-season training.

Skipper Samy Morsy and Massimo Luongo - who has been offered a new contract - have been regulars in those roles during the latter stages of the season, while Dominic Ball started the final game at Fleetwood.

Lee Evans was a key member of the side in the first half of the campaign before suffering injury and was replaced by youngster Cameron Humphreys. Panutche Camara was signed from Plymouth last summer but missed most of the campaign through injury.

That being the situation, the Blues will almost certainly be willing to listen to offers for Paris-born El Mizouni, who has made 16 senior starts for the Blues and 10 sub appearances, scoring twice.

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itfckenty added 17:25 - Jun 2 Obviously everything is gospel at the moment, but.. as we will definitely be looking to improve our squad in areas, (if) MK thinks he won't fit in the structure his looking for and ends up being loaned out again, any profit does help to buy players who will fit that mould.
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Nomore4 added 17:47 - Jun 2 Can't we player trade for the Plymouth keeper
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Linkboy13 added 18:12 - Jun 2 McKenna will take a close look at El Mizouni in pre season to see if he's up to championship level but i have my doubts. I think the step up to league one would be more beneficial for his career and ideally at Orient where he is settled into a system but then again money talks.
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churchmans added 18:18 - Jun 2 I personally would like to see el mizouni given a crack here as we Evans,morsy,luongo,ball are all DM's Will be Interesting to see what the manager decides after the Austrian tour
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siralfsirbob added 18:37 - Jun 2 With his current contract situation we do not need to rush into any decisions. I would prefer it if we loaned him back to Orient for the season, with a break clause in January to see if he can cut it at league one level.
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Suffolkboy added 18:45 - Jun 2 How good it is we have almost an ‘embarrassment ‘ of riches ,and the luxury of a challenge to actually choose the way forward . I've no doubt KM will have clear ideas to balance his options to meet the Championship demands – and that will mean importing strength and physicality for a tough campaign . El M is likely to go ,but we should take pride in what ITFC have done to contribute to his professional future . COYB

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ArnieM added 18:56 - Jun 2 Well I wouldn't be selling him to Plymouth. They can do one!
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d77sgw added 18:58 - Jun 2 Just make sure we get a big % of profit on any future sale - a bigger priority than the initial fee IMO.
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PortmanTerrorist added 19:27 - Jun 2 Agree we have options in midfield but can't help feel that last season showed Ball and Evans' ceiling. Camara is interesting and may well have another level but El Miz needs to be in and around our squad so we can establish his ceiling which could well be at least championship. Of all our players, letting him go could prove the biggest mistake, embarrassment even.

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troyparrotsleftear added 20:18 - Jun 2 How long has he been with us? Seems a while
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blues1 added 21:06 - Jun 2 Nomore4. And you think Cooper would come here to be number 2 to walton? And thats presuming hladky goes, as won't be looking for a new keeper if he doesn't.
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PhilR added 22:11 - Jun 2 I agree PortmanT, the team improved so much after Luongo took over in midfield alongside Morsy. Evans, not sure. Camara has potential but for us is still an unknown quantity, Ball looked a poor replacement, Humphreys probably has potential. But I think maybe we will hang on to El Miz, he also has potential to step up having had such a good season. But who knows who else is on the radar. Very exciting times!

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oldblue added 06:37 - Jun 3 Humphreys is the best of the rest...he is a proper footballer who will have benefited from last season..and he's one of our own...
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Bazza8564 added 07:28 - Jun 3 Unless he has premier league potential cash on now imo We have Championship quality players already and we need to be supplementing the squad with incremental quality not more of the same Harsh I know but anybody coming in now needs to be of a sufficient level to play pl football not just where we are The owners didn't come here to play in the CH, our outlook needs to be more ambitious

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planetblue_2011 added 08:15 - Jun 3 I've always liked El Mizouni as a player but not really had a chance in the first team. He definitely has potential as he done so well at Leyton Orient. Think loaning him out again would be a good thing see how well he does & take it from there. I wouldn't rush to sell him, we might have a gem of a player for the future.
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chepstowblue added 08:41 - Jun 3 I'm very surprised at the comments about Lee Evans. Up until his injury he'd have arguably been a contender for player of the season. El Miz is plenty good enough to be in the squad. Losing him would be a big disappointment. Yes we have decent cover in the midfield area, but with the game time he's had over the previous couple of seasons I'd have him ahead of the very brittle Camara (who I don't think will get any game time.....even when fit).

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leftie1972 added 09:22 - Jun 3 He's better than Ball and has more bite than Camara. Give him the next season either with us or on loan to L1 and then reassess.
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Nomore4 added 09:25 - Jun 3 No blues 1. I think Cooper should fight it out with Walton for No1.
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BlueWax added 12:22 - Jun 3 Roy Keane only 36🤣
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blues1 added 13:03 - Jun 3 Nomore4. If thetsxhow it would be, then yes. But it wouldnt be like that. Walton is very much our number 1. 23 clean sheets and the golden glove, last season. So the number 1 slot is pretty nailed down . And anyway, can't see Cooper being available to buy. Don't think plymouth will be interested in selling him as they're in championship as well. Had they not come up, they may have sold him.

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blues1 added 13:07 - Jun 3 All those slagging off Ball. Think ur off the mark. Was carrying an injury most of the season. Last few games when he came on tho, he looked quite sharp. With an injury free season, I think we could see the best of him. And a player with championship experience. Sure Somerville say hexwasnt great in last game of season, but nor was anyone. All a bit off after the week of celebrating promotion.

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leftie1972 added 13:53 - Jun 3 Sorry ArnieM, didn't mean to down arrow.
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SouperJim added 18:38 - Jun 3 Agree with blues1, Dom Ball is a class act for me and has over 100 championship games under his belt for a reason. Morsy is the only player in our squad who takes better care of the ball, we're going to need them both next season.
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KiwiTractor added 01:20 - Jun 4 Dom Ball is one of those under rated players, that can do a good job for us - close out close matches, play midfield or at the back. I know QPR fans who would love him back in their squad.
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PortmanTerrorist added 09:01 - Jun 4 Do not disagree KiwiTractor, but just think we are aiming higher than Dom and while Evans has been good for a relatively small period of his time with us, in that spell early last season, I have to believe Morsey/Loungo are the benchmark now and will be interesting to see how things go. PS if we do let El Miz go, hopefully no more than a loan, then how about a cheeky bid to bring Liam Gibbs back home from up the road?! He should never have gone there of course, but he is one of our own, has the best part of a season at Champ level under his belt, and can play anywhere in midfield. Would love that ! lol

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