Town and Sunderland are reported to have made loan approaches to AFC Bournemouth for ex-Blues striker Kieffer Moore.

The 31-year-old has been mentioned as a potential Town target throughout the transfer window but now, according to The Athletic, the Blues and Black Cats, who appear to have a very similar list of potential recruits, have made loan offers to the Cherries although with no agreement yet reached. Another of his former clubs, Cardiff City, are also believed to be interested.

Town were pursuing Blackburn striker Sam Gallagher, who is understood to be keen on a move to Portman Road, however, Rovers aren’t willing to allow him to leave at present with a fee not agreed and no replacement currently identified.

Moore was previously at Town from a year from January 2017 but made only 11 sub appearances without scoring.

Capped 39 times by Wales, scoring 12 times, Moore had been recruited from then-National League Forest Green Rovers for £25,000 having been on loan at Torquay, also a fifth tier side, prior to his move.

The 6ft 5in tall striker’s career really took off during a loan spell with Rotherham, then in League One, in the first half of 2017/18 - having impressed as a sub for Town against the Millers the previous season - and in the January moved on to Barnsley, also in League One, for £750,000.

Spells in the Championship with Wigan and Cardiff followed, as well as senior Wales caps, before Moore moved on to AFC Bournemouth for a fee which could ultimately rise to £5 million in January 2022 and helped the Cherries to promotion to the Premier League.

However, his opportunities have been limited over the last two seasons, the Torquay-born striker has made only 15 starts and 29 sub appearances for the Dorset side in total, scoring 10 goals, and it’s expected he will move on to a Championship side during this window.

Town are in the market for two new frontmen this window with George Hirst out for most of the rest of the campaign having undergone hamstring surgery and Dane Scarlett having returned to parent club Tottenham.

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Karlosfandangal added 22:54 - Jan 17 Give Buabo ago what happened to the days when Sir Bobby just put Burley Butcher Osman etc in If your good enough why not. Looks like Town will only get one striker in on a permanent deal so a short term loan till the end of the season would be fine. Plus Jackson and Ladapo if not sold and Buabo should see Town through. If Town go up they will need at least another 2 strikers as Ladapo and Jackson I don’t think are good enough

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mathiemagic added 08:12 - Jan 18 Still a worrying lack of any sign of some defensive cover coming in sadly.
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James_B added 08:22 - Jan 18 @dazza Surely, the Moore the merrier :)
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Radlett_blue added 10:04 - Jan 18 "Kieffer Moore, he's one of our own".
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Lord_Mac added 11:14 - Jan 18 It's easy to judge players on what we saw of them in a previous life - take Luongo for example. Fact is, we have a much better coaching setup now than we did when Moore was here last time, and he has improved under better coaching elsewhere than we were able to offer at that time. We have changed from a club where decent players got worse to one where ordinary players turn into world-beaters. I seem to remember he hardly got a look in - just a few minutes at the end of games. McKenna will get much more out of him than we did last time.

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Razor added 12:12 - Jan 18 I think we must be making a few bob at the moment with TV and gates so why not break the bank and go for Morgan Whittaker or Smodics-------it would be like a Marcus Stewart MOMENT and would surely get us up?
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Razor added 12:14 - Jan 18 Morgan Whittaker or Sam Smodics
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leftie1972 added 15:32 - Jan 18 YES!
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Marinersnose added 16:31 - Jan 18 Moore would be an excellent fit for the McKenna system. He holds the ball very well and links the play and also provides an excellent aerial target from set pieces or if we play long. He’s a proven goalscorer in the Championship and is a far more accomplished player than when he was with us last. Secondly we now have a coach who would utilise his strengths.
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SussexTractor added 20:44 - Jan 18 Crazy for Ipswich to sell him at the time. A quality player who was never given a chance at Portman Rd. I would welcome him back.
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Nomore4 added 09:37 - Jan 19 Agree Razor….Although the 15m per player price tags wouldn’t look so appealing.
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Marinersnose added 19:14 - Jan 20 Moore is apparently on £40k a week which could be a problem
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