Chief executive Simon Clegg says the transfer market is likely to spring into life now that the season has started. Town are targeting two signings by the middle of this week, while Clegg confirmed that there is more than one club chasing Blues skipper Jon Walters.
Clegg told TWTD that while he understands supporters want new faces in as soon as possible, Town isn’t the only club where movement has been relatively slow this summer: "I know the fans want signings and want them as soon as the window opens. But it is incredibly quiet out there.
"I was at the Football League EGM in Derby last Wednesday and speaking with a number of my peers we were all talking about how quiet it is out there.”
The former British Olympic Committee boss says things are likely to get busier now that the season is under way: "There’s the odd deal happening, but we’re not seeing any major ripple down effect from the Premier League as yet and there is a feeling that there will be a greater movement — generally across the leagues - now that the season has kicked in.”
Clegg says that he’s working on a number of potential deals: "I’ve learned over the last 15 or 16 months that you can’t be overly confident about these things, they don’t happen until the ink is dry on the paperwork. Let’s just say that I’m continuing to work on a number of different fronts and hope that some of those efforts come to fruition.”
As well as players coming in, the Town chief executive is negotiating Jon Walters’s likely exit with Stoke understood to be the main contender for his signature: "We’ve had an offer for Jon which doesn’t match our valuation and there are a number of clubs out there who would be interested in signing him.”
Earlier in the summer, Town were reported to have turned down a £2.5 million offer for the ex-Chester City man.