Town are set to offer Watford £800,000 for striker Marvin Sordell, according to a report this morning. Yesterday, Blues boss Paul Jewell revealed that he had made bids for a striker and a winger.
Sordell, 20, was an academy schoolboy with Fulham before moving on to Watford’s youth set-up. Having spent time on loan at Wealdstone and Tranmere, the 5ft 10in tall frontman broke through into the Hornets senior side in 2009/10.
But it was last season when the England U20s cap really started to make his mark in the Championship, scoring 15 goals in 29 starts and 18 sub appearances.
Town fans will remember the Brent-born frontman for scoring Watford’s second goal in the Blues’ 2-1 defeat at Vicarage Road last season and also for netting a hat-trick in an FA Youth Cup victory over Town at Portman Road in March 2009.
Elsewhere, the Blues are reported to have made an increased offer to Doncaster for midfielder James Coppinger, the subject of at least one previous bid earlier in the summer.
Paul Jewell recently said that he could make renewed attempts sign the 30-year-old having failed with an initial £300,000 offer early in the summer when he also tried to land Rovers striker Billy Sharp.