Town have been linked with a move for Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard. The 32-year-old was in Blues boss Paul Jewell’s Wigan squad which beat Town to promotion to the Premier League in 2004/05.
The one-time England call-up has been tipped to leave the KC Stadium for some while after an injury-plagued stay in East Yorkshire in which he has made only 19 starts and five sub appearances, scoring six goals.
Bullard started his career in non-league with Gravesend and Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet) before moving on to West Ham and then Peterborough with whom he made his league debut. During his time at London Road Bullard was linked with a move to George Burley's Town on a number of occasions.
Jewell eventually prised the east Londoner away from the Posh with a £275,000 offer when he took him to Wigan in January 2003.
Having helped the Latics into the Premier League and established them in the top flight, Bullard subsequently moved on to Fulham for £2.5 million in the summer of 2006 and then Hull for £5 million in January 2009, signing a lucrative deal until 2013.
In the summer Bullard was close to joining Celtic on loan but an agreement couldn’t be reached regarding his wages. Subsequently, he was left out of the Tigers' pre-season games and wasn’t given a squad number as Hull sought to prevent him from suffering an injury which might scupper a potential move.
Hull would probably allow Bullard to leave on a free transfer in order to reduce their wage bill, but as with the proposed Celtic switch, the player's earnings are likely to be the biggest issue if Jewell wants to add the midfielder to his Town squad.