Town boss Paul Jewell says bringing players with the right character into the club is important as he looks to build on the Blues’ promising beginning to the season. That start has been based on a close-knit team spirit which has developed at the club in recent months.
Jewell said: "We need to bring the right characters in, the right type of person. You try and do as much homework as you can on people, but they’ve got to buy into what we’re trying to do, not the other way around.
"We don’t want people coming here to do us a favour. We’ve had loan players here in the past who have been here for part of the season and that’s difficult.
"If we can get players who are committed for the season, I think that’s a bit different from players who are here window to window.
"It might not always be possible and we’re still trying to buy players as well, bring players in permanently.
"But whatever we do, it will be with the best intentions, we’re not just going to take players because we need bodies. We do need bodies but we need them to be the right ones as well.”
Guirane N’Daw is likely to complete his season-long loan move from St Etienne later today with Jewell still in the hunt for two more signings before the transfer window closes,with a centre-half and a big striker in his sights.
Some of yesterday’s papers linked Reading frontman Simon Church with a loan move to Portman Road but Jewell wouldn’t comment on that situation: "We’ve agreed with St Etienne, so I think I’m entitled to speak about that. I wouldn’t want to jeopardise anything [else] that might or might not happen, but we are in for good players.”