TWTD understands that Town watched Brantham Athletic striker Ollie Mann as he netted a hat-trick in his side’s 6-2 Ridgeons League Premier Division victory at Newmarket Town yesterday. Dagenham and Redbridge, Leyton Orient and Southend have all previously checked out the 21-year-old, who has now scored 41 league goals this season.
Last Saturday, Daggers boss John Still was joined by his chief scout Mick Loughton to run the rule over Mann as he scored in a 2-1 home defeat to Great Yarmouth Town and he is set to train with the League One club this week.
Mann, who scored 44 goals in Brantham’s Ridgeons League First Division promotion season last year, missed the first nine games of this campaign through illness and injury but has ended it only one goal away from breaking the Ridgeons League Premier Division goals record of 42.
The Lawford-based builder has a year left on his Brantham contract with the Imps understood to have put a £20,000 price on his head.
Veteran former Town, Norwich and Colchester coach Steve Foley is a regular at what is one of his local clubs, but no longer has any connection with the Blues.
Meanwhile, Town will be represented at today’s Anderlecht-Club Brugge game, according to reports in Belgium. Everton, Sunderland, Rennes, Bordeaux, Galatasaray, Hannover, Freiburg, West Brom, Wolfsburg, De Graafschap, FC Eindhoven, Le Mans, MVV Maastricht, Standard Liege, Genk and Lokeren are all also said to be sending scouts.
Elsewhere, Town Player of the Year Jimmy Bullard is a guest on Goals on Sunday on Sky Sports One/HD1 at 11am this morning.