This morning’s Scottish tabloids continue to link the Blues with a £250,000 move for Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson, while elsewhere Town are claimed to be looking to offload midfielder Jimmy Bullard in order to reduce their wage bill with Derby striker Steve Davies remaining a target.
Yesterday, assistant manager Chris Hutchings wouldn’t be drawn on the Blues’ interest in former Nottingham Forest centre-half Wilson, however, we understand he is a player that Paul Jewell admires and would like to bring to Portman Road as he looks to add solidity and strength in depth to his defence.
Wilson, along with former Town loanee Daryl Murphy, was a second half sub in Celtic’s 1-0 victory over Aberdeen on the opening day of the SPL season yesterday.
Bullard, who was left out of the squad which faced West Ham, is likely to be at the very top of Town’s wage bill with the 33-year-old almost certainly earning somewhere north of £15,000 a week.
The former Peterborough, Wigan, Fulham and Hull man has been a bit part player throughout pre-season, last week travelling with the reserves squad to Braintree rather than with the first team party which took on Cambridge United the following day.
Earlier in the summer, Bullard, who has a year left on his Town contract, was claimed to be interesting two clubs in China.
Davies has been a Blues target all summer but with Town and Derby unable to agree a fee with the Rams after £1 million for the 24-year-old, who Paul Jewell took to Pride Park from Tranmere during his spell as manager of the Midlanders.
Meanwhile, Blackburn are reported to be ready to make a "take it or leave it” £6 million - a £4 million initial fee plus £2 million on promotion - bid to Huddersfield for ex-Blues frontman Jordan Rhodes, who is also interesting Fulham.
Town are entitled to 10% of the profit the Terriers make on the 22-year-old with the fee the Blues received for his 2009 transfer understood to have reached around £850,000 with all the top-up clauses now having been met.
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