Recently relegated Wigan Athletic are the latest club reported to be showing interest in Town left-back Aaron Cresswell. According to one of this morning’s tabloids, the Latics see the 23-year-old as a potential replacement for Honduran Maynor Figueroa, who has joined Hull City.
Wigan have, however, already added another left-back, Blackpool's Stephen Crainey, to their squad so may no longer be in the market for a left-sided full-back.
Already this summer Cresswell has been mentioned in connection with Southampton, Aston Villa, Fulham and Crystal Palace, although long-time admirers Villa have since added another left-back, Spaniard Antonio Luna, to their squad.
Interest in Cresswell will come as no surprise to Town manager Mick McCarthy, who said that he was expecting it towards the end of the season. The Blues boss said he views the defender as "a Premier League footballer in the making”.
While Town will be looking for rather more for Cresswell, perhaps as much as £5 million, an offer in excess of £3 million may well be enough to tempt Town to sell with McCarthy using the cash to strengthen his squad for the season ahead.
The left-back, who is contracted to the Blues until June 2015, joined Town from Tranmere at the end of his terms at Prenton Park in the summer of 2011.
Rovers are entitled to 20% of the profit Town would make on the £420,000 they paid for Cresswell if he is sold. A Football League tribunal set a compensation figure of an initial £240,000 plus milestone clauses with only a £100,000 payment on promotion to the Premier League not triggered.