Derby County have denied claims that the Blues have made a bid for striker Steve Davies but Town are understood to have shown interest in the 24-year-old, according to reports in the Midlands this morning. Yesterday, the Blues were said to have tabled an offer of £500,000 but with the Rams targeting a fee of £1 million for the transfer-listed frontman.
Davies was first linked with Town by the national press three weeks ago but rumours that the 6ft 1in tall Liverpudlian would be joining the Blues in the summer have been circulating amongst Derby supporters since early May.
Rams manager Nigel Clough recently revealed that Davies had been transfer-listed having turned down the offer of a new contract due to "a genuine family reason". Davies has a year remaining on his current deal, the Rams having taken up an option on his previous terms.
Blues boss Paul Jewell signed Davies from Tranmere in 2008 when manager at Pride Park for a fee which could have risen as high as £725,000 had various clauses been triggered.
Injuries - including a fractured skull last October - have limited Davies to only 55 starts and 39 sub appearances in his four years with Derby, in which time he has scored 23 goals, 12 of them during 2011/12.
Meanwhile, out-of-contract Dundee United midfielder Scott Robertson, who Scottish sources have strongly linked with the Blues, is back from holiday but says he remains unsure where his future lies, tweeting: "Still don't know yet, [will] find out pretty soon though.”
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