Aston Villa, Newcastle, Cardiff and West Ham are the latest clubs reported to be eyeing Blues left-back Aaron Cresswell. All four Premier League clubs were amongst those to have sent scouts to Portman Road for Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Leeds.
The 23-year-old has also recently been linked with Crystal Palace and Everton, while Southampton, Fulham, Wigan and Blackburn have previously been mentioned as interested parties this summer.
Villa are long-term admirers of the former Tranmere man with his representatives SEM recently confirming that they made firm bids for the Liverpudlian in the summer of 2012. The transfer window closes at 11pm next Monday.
Speaking over the weekend, Blues boss Mick McCarthy said he had received no firm interest in Cresswell: "We’ve never had a bid, never had a bid at all. Nothing at all, zero, zilch, zippo, diddly squat. Not spoken to anybody about him.”