Town are being linked with a move for Peterborough pair George Boyd and Paul Taylor ahead of the final day of the transfer window on Friday.
The Blues were mentioned in connection with the duo at the end of last season when Paul Jewell played down the likelihood of Town having any serious interest, expecting them to be beyond the club’s means with Premier League sides probably in the hunt: "If good players come up and are available and we can afford them, we want to be in the market for them, but there will be a lot of suitors for the lad Taylor.
"To be fair to George Boyd, he has played on the left, but this season he’s mainly played in the middle of midfield. We’re in that type of market, but he’d probably be out of our price range, to be honest.”
Striker Taylor and midfielder Boyd, who Jewell initially watched within days of taking over at Portman Road, are both out of contract at the end of this season with Posh having said they will look to sell them now rather than risk losing them for nothing in a year’s time.
The Blues are reportedly ready to splash £1.5 million on the duo with Taylor having previously been linked with Leeds but with Whites manager Neil Warnock having said he has no money to spend before Friday’s deadline.