Town are amongst a number of Championship clubs to have approached Sunderland regarding the loan availability of striker Danny Graham, TWTD understands. Reports linking the Blues with the 29-year-old first surfaced over the weekend.
Graham is surplus to requirements at the Stadium of Light and looks certain to return to the Championship with clubs able to take players on ‘emergency’ loans of up to 93 days from today. In addition to the Blues, Wolves, Charlton and Leeds are understood to be amongst those interested.
While Graham is believed to be on a wage of £30,000 a week at Sunderland, the Wearsiders are thought to accept that any club taking him on loan would pay only a small proportion of that figure.
Black Cats manager Gus Poyet had hoped that the £5 million January 2013 signing from Swansea would leave on a permanent basis before the transfer window shut last Monday but no deadl was done before the deadline.
Last season Gateshead-born Graham spent time on loan to Hull City and then back at his first club Middlesbrough. While with the Teessiders he scored twice in their 2-0 victory over the Blues at the Riverside in March.
Former England U20 international Graham, who is contracted to Sunderland until June 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.
Town, who are also understood to be targeting the return of former loanee Jonny Williams from Crystal Palace, although with Eagles manager Neil Warnock having played down the chances of the Wales international leaving on loan, look short of a senior striker following Frank Nouble’s deadline day loan move to Coventry City.