Town boss Roy Keane has revealed that the Blues are weighing up whether to accept an offer from Brentford for Dutch defender Pim Balkestein. The Bees want their former loanee on loan with a view to a permanent deal.
Keane said: "We’ve just had an offer for Pim about 10 minutes ago and we’ll give you more information on that in the next couple of days.
"It’s just come in, I haven’t even spoken to Pim about it, so we’ll see what happens. Obviously with Tommy Smith coming back we’re OK in terms of numbers, but we’ll see in the next 24 or 48 hours."
Balkestein played eight games for the Bees while on loan at Griffin Park between November and December, prior to Smith's spell with the League One club.
The Blues boss says that Smith, who was on loan with the Bees recently, won’t be going back out on loan.
Keane says Tuesday’s defeat and poor performance has again got him thinking about adding more loanees to his squad: ”Possibly one, maybe.”
Town have no new injuries ahead of Saturday’s game against Barnsley other than Alan Quinn, who picked up a groin injury in yesterday’s reserve game.