Town boss Mick McCarthy says it would take an “astronomical bid” for one of his players to move on during the January transfer window. The Blues manager is happy with his promotion-chasing squad and is keen to keep them together for the remainder of the campaign.
Striker David McGoldrick was the subject of a rebuffed £7 million offer from Leicester in the summer, while left-back Tyrone Mings has been linked with a Premier League move with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger having confirmed his interest.
Asked whether he expected any activity during January, McCarthy said: "Who knows? I don’t know. I doubt out, I doubt that very much.
"We’re going well and why would we want to [let anyone move] unless it’s somebody that I don’t particularly think is going to get in the team and make us better?
"Conversely, if there is somebody out there that can make the squad better and we can get hold of them and we can get them in, then yes.
"But I’m not sitting here worrying about it. I’ve got a good team at the minute.”
He says owner Marcus Evans showed that he’s prepared to back him by turning down the cash for McGoldrick and Crystal Palace’s £3 million summer offer for Mings.
"He’s proved that with the bids coming in,” he added. "That’s not in question, I think.
"But I always say that if somebody comes in with an absolutely astronomical bid and it’s bonkers and the player comes in and says ‘Gaffer!’ that is impossible to stop at any club.
"Gareth Bale’s at Real Madrid, he went for £80-odd million. There are certain things that are unstoppable.
"But it would have to be one of them. And if it was, I’d have to say ‘fine’ because I’m not going to argue with it.
"What if somebody comes in for me with an astronomical bid? How do you do that? Not that that’s going to happen, I’m talking about the players. It’s just part of the gig for me and always has been, same when I was a player.
"In terms of bringing players in, I keep saying, I wonder what we can get that are better than ours that aren’t going to cost a shedload of money and blow the wage bill out of the equation.
"It changes it completely. I’d have to be getting some good ‘uns to be better than what we’ve got at the minute.
"I’ve said I’m happy with what I’ve got and we’ll see. I’ve not got a list of them for you and even if I had I wouldn’t tell you anyway, you know that.”