Welsh reports are linking Town with a loan move for veteran Cardiff City left-back Mark Kennedy. The 33-year-old is a regular in Dave Jones’s side, but the Bluebirds are in financial trouble and may be forced to allow players to leave.
Just before the January transfer window closed, Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale confirmed that Blues boss Roy Keane had been in touch about a player who wasn’t rumoured target Michael Chopra.
Kennedy is a player well-known to Keane, the two having played together for the Republic of Ireland, for whom the Dubliner won 34 caps, scoring four goals.
The 5ft 11in tall left-back or winger played youth football at Home Farm where the likes Owen Garvan, Shane Supple and Alan Lee also played as youngsters and where Garvan’s father is a coach.
Kennedy’s first English club was Millwall, who he joined in 1992, moving on to Liverpool in 1995 for £1.5 million. After three years at Anfield, during which time he went on loan at QPR, Kennedy joined Wimbledon for £1.75 million.
A year later he made a switch to Manchester City for £1 million, then after two years at Maine Road Kennedy moved on to Wolves for £2 million.
In 2006 after five years at Molineux, Kennedy joined Crystal Palace on a free transfer, moving on to Cardiff in the summer of 2008, again on a free.
Since his move to Wales, Kennedy has made 56 starts and five sub appearances but is yet to score.
Town boss Roy Keane has been looking for a left-back for some while having failed to settle on a regular left-sided full-back this season. In recent weeks David Wright, Jaime Peters, Pim Balkestein and Jack Colback have all played in the role.