Town have turned down an £800,000 bid from Crystal Palace for skipper David Norris and central defender Damien Delaney, according to reports in south London. Both players are amongst those whose Blues contracts are up at the end of the season.

Earlier today, boss Paul Jewell revealed that Town had received offers for two players and when asked said the duo involved weren’t Norris and Gareth McAuley.

Jewell spoke to Norris, McAuley and other soon-to-be-out-of-contract players — probably including Delaney — regarding their Town futures last week and http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=17817&title=jewell:_norris_and_mcauley_wa they all wanted to remain at the club.

Before Christmas, former boss Roy Keane hinted that Delaney may be one of a number of players whose current contract includes an option for a further year.

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KangarooBlue added 16:56 - Jan 31 Jog on Palace
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Jnr1988 added 16:56 - Jan 31 Cheers for that insulting bid Palace.
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casanovacrow added 16:57 - Jan 31 jog on palace
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Garv added 16:57 - Jan 31 giggle
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Nunn_the_Wiser added 16:58 - Jan 31 Haha jokers
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Jnr1988 added 16:58 - Jan 31 I though Palace didnt have 2 pennies to rub together let alone 800k
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ThatMuhrenCross added 16:59 - Jan 31 Hahahahahaha!!! Are they taking the pi$$???! A figure three times that would stuggle to land them!!! lol
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TractorRoyNo1 added 16:59 - Jan 31 good
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BlooooCD added 17:02 - Jan 31 I do fear that both will leave at teh end of the season for 'FREE'! This can't happen! Can it Mr Clegg??? I really do hope not... they are decent players and should be secured and a team built upon.
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hadleighboyblue added 17:02 - Jan 31 what a p*ss take by palace , just glad we weren't tempted
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sudburyblue16 added 17:04 - Jan 31 Yeah right Palace. Complete piss take if this story is true. If it is, could they REALLY see ME agreeing to that offer? I'd rather we kept em both and they left on free transfers in the summer than let Palace sign them!!
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Garv added 17:04 - Jan 31 delaney is more important than norris.
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timo added 17:07 - Jan 31 timo thought they had no money y would they go there .it wont b could palace it b town resses
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suffolkpoker added 17:08 - Jan 31 surely thats laughable!
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casanovacrow added 17:09 - Jan 31 wouldve been interesting if we let them talk to palace just to see if a club thats broke can offer better wages than us who aren't
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bournemouthblue added 17:11 - Jan 31 What a bunch of chancers I reckon we should offer Man U 800k for Giggs and Scholes, applying the same logic Palace have done
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Upbeat~ added 17:12 - Jan 31 The very cheek of it!
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mickeyjb added 17:12 - Jan 31 Lmao, 800k plus their entire team minus Pablo of course. I'm sure we could use one or two of them
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itfc24 added 17:14 - Jan 31 Is this the same Crystal Palace that give us 5hit a few years back for making (what they considered) a low bid for one of their players?
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Worcester added 17:14 - Jan 31 Pleased they are staying (fingers crossed) they looked quality at home and away against Arsenal. Lets hope the other wealthier vultures in the Championship are concentrating on keeping their assets too much tohave a punt.
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TractorMan added 17:18 - Jan 31 If it was a swap for David Wright and Ambrose then bite their hand off!
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CanadianBlue added 17:27 - Jan 31 Shall we expect to see a full Ipswich Reunion squad from Crystal Palace in the next few years?
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ArnieM added 17:29 - Jan 31 all of this crap because Clegg hasnt sorted out their contracts. Oh for Derek Bowden !!!!
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blues1 added 17:36 - Jan 31 arnie m, yet another guy blaming clegg then? the contract offers put 2 these players are decided by ME, not clegg. he just the messenger. not his fault they not acceptable 2 the players. he cant negotiate above the terms laid down by the owner, so stop jumoing on the "lets blame clegg" bandwagon. its pathetic
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clive_baker added 17:41 - Jan 31 yeah nice one Palace. £1 million for Norris and you've got a deal. Delaney aint going anywhere. Why would either of them want to join Palace anyway. League 1 next season. Jokers.
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