Town boss Paul Jewell could renew his interest in Doncaster midfielder James Coppinger this summer. The Blues manager says he will ask his Rovers opposite number Dean Saunders, who played for him at Bradford City, about the midfielder, who was half of a failed joint-bid also involving striker Billy Sharp — now at Southampton — during the last close season when the former Exeter man was valued at £300,000.
Jewell says he’s as yet undecided whether the 31-year-old, who is contracted until 2014, will be on his wish-list this time around: "I don’t know, there’s a lot on the list.
"It depends, I’ll speak with Deano on Saturday to see what the situation with the lad is — if he’s for sale, if he’s for free or whatever. We’ll find out. He’s a good player Coppinger, a quality footballer.”
The Blues boss was keen to add to his midfield options even before Grant Leadbitter’s decision to leave Portman Road.
Meanwhile, we understand that the goalkeeper Jewell was due to meet on Thursday afternoon wasn’t Birmingham’s Colin Doyle, who was linked earlier that day.
Manchester United’s Tomasz Kuszczak remains Jewell’s number one target with Doyle on the longer list of potential alternatives.
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