Town are reported to have signed former Bolton midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker. The 28-year-old is a free agent, having left the Trotters at the end of last season.
Reo-Coker was understood to have held talks with the Blues last summer prior to signing for Bolton and was linked again during this close season. While we understand there is definite interest on Town’s part, the club are yet to confirm that a deal has been completed.
Recently he has been training with Charlton and had also been linked with Crystal Palace.
Born in Thornton Heath, Reo-Coker started his career with the old Wimbledon, making his senior debut in the 2002/03 season. His displays for the Dons impressed West Ham who signed him for £500,000 in January 2004.
After three and a half not always happy years at Upton Park, during which time he captained the side under Alan Pardew, the former England U21 skipper joined Aston Villa for £8.5 million in July 2007 having asked for a transfer.
He left Villa when his contract expired last summer and moved on to Bolton, where he made 42 starts and scored three goals as they dropped out of the Premier League. In May he activated a relegation clause in his contract and left the Reebok Stadium.
Capped 23 times at U21 level, scoring once, Reo-Coker rejected the international advances of Sierra Leone, the country of his doctor father’s birth and where he lived for six years as a child.