Boss Paul Jewell has confirmed that he watched Huddersfield Town for the second time in a week when they drew 1-1 away against the MK Dons last Saturday. A few days beforehand the Town boss had seen the Terriers defeat Sheffield United 3-0 at Bramall Lane.
Jewell, who was joined on the trip to Buckinghamshire by coach Sean McCarthy, was impressed with the hospitality at stadium mk: "Nice place and a really nice chairman that Peter Winkelman, he looked after us. I go to games, that’s what I enjoy doing.
"I’m not going to hide away from the fact that it’s no good me going to watch Manchester United-Chelsea scouting for players.”
Jewell, tongue firmly in cheek, again insisted that his target was former Blue and fellow Dedham resident Alan Lee, however, 20-year-old Terriers’ right-back Jack Hunt is far more likely to have been the player being eyed by Jewell.
Rothwell-born Hunt came through the youth system at Huddersfield, spending time on loan at Grays Athletic in the Blue Square Bet Premier in 2009/10 and then with League Two champions Chesterfield at the start of last season.
In the second half of the 2010/11 campaign the 5ft 9in tall full-back or midfielder made his first start for Huddersfield in an FA Cup tie at Arsenal, subsequently establishing himself as a regular at the Galpharm Stadium. Contracted until 2013, Hunt has continued to impress this season.
The Blues boss dismissed yesterday’s newspaper reports claiming Town have renewed their interest in Manchester City’s Israeli international winger Gai Assulin and says he’s never heard of Austrian defender Andreas Dober, who was also linked earlier in the week: "I don’t know who he is!”
Jewell also said he was unaware of reports that Millwall winger James Henry, a Town target in the summer, is embroiled in a contract row with his current club: "I’m going to have to start buying these newspapers because I don’t know about anything you’re telling me here!
"We made an offer for James Henry at the start of the season and it was rejected and that’s the last time I spoke with Kenny Jackett. We’ve had no contact with Millwall and I didn’t realise about his dispute.”