Town face competition from Bolton, Watford and Fulham for the loan signature of Jonny Williams, according to one of this morning’s papers.
The Sunday People reports that the 20-year-old Crystal Palace man, who spent a successful spell with the Blues last season, is interesting the four Championship clubs, who are able to sign players on loans of up to 93 days from Tuesday.
Town are believed to have been offered Williams on a half-season loan as part of the proposed Tyrone Mings move to Selhurst Park on deadline day, but Palace manager Neil Warnock subsequently indicated may hang on to the Wales international to give him a chance to prove himself with the Premier League side.
Elsewhere, The Sun is linking the Blues with a loan move for Sunderland striker Danny Graham.
The 29-year-old is out of Black Cats manager Gus Poyet’s plans and last season was sent out on loan to Hull City and then back to his first club Middlesbrough, for whom he scored twice in the Teessiders’ 2-0 victory over the Blues at the Riverside in March.
The former England U20 international striker was previously reported to be interesting Charlton and Wolves.
Graham, who joined Sunderland from Swansea for £5 million in January 2013, is paid a reported £30,000 a week at the Stadium of Light and if the Blues are interested they would be looking to pay only a fraction of that wage.
The Gateshead-born striker, who is contracted to Sunderland until 2016, has also been with Carlisle and Watford and had loan stints early in his career with Darlington, Derby, Leeds and Blackpool, as well as an initial temporary spell with the Cumbrians.