Town boss Joe Royle says that he is not expecting to make a loan signing in the short-term. One of Royle's recent loan targets, Crystal Palace's Shaun Derry, completed his permanent move to Leeds United yesterday.

Despite no plans to make any immediate signings, Royle is not completely ruling out someone coming in: "There is nothing imminent but it is not totally out of the question that we could get someone in."

With Tommy Miller likely to be fit for Saturday's home game with Brighton, the Blues are less in need of an additional midfielder.

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