Town, Charlton and Brighton have been offered Senegalese international Guirane N'Daw by his club St Etienne, according to reports in France. N'Daw, 28, was on loan with Birmingham last season.
Having completed his spell at St Andrew’s, 6ft 3in tall N'Daw returned to France and Town’s 1981 UEFA Cup opponents but is said not to be in manager Christophe Galtier’s plans.
A representative of the club is reported to have travelled to England to speak with the Blues, the Addicks and Seagulls regarding N’Daw, who has been capped 44 times by his country, scoring four goals.
N’Daw is contracted to St Etienne until the end of this season and he could move either on loan or on a permanent basis.
The Rufisque-born midfielder or centre-half began his career with Sochaux , with whom he won the 2007 Coupe de France.
He moved on to Nantes in 2008 before joining St Etienne initially on loan in 2009, a deal which became permanent the following summer for €4 million.
He spent the second half of 2010/11 on loan at Real Zaragoza in Spain before joining Birmingham on for the first half of the following campaign, the deal eventually being extended until the end of the season.
While with Birmingham he was absent with Senegal at the African Nations Cup for a time and sidelined with a hamstring problem, but still managed 25 starts and four sub appearances without scoring.
A powerful central midfielder in the N’Daw mould is very much in Paul Jewell’s thoughts as he looks to add at least three players to his squad before the transfer window closes.