Stoke Linked With Mings - Ipswich Town News
Stoke City are the latest Premier League club reported to be ready to make a move for Town left-back Tyrone Mings.
According to the Sunday People, who rate Mings at a mere £4 million, Potters manager Mark Hughes is keen to step up his interest in the 21-year-old.
Having turned down a Crystal Palace offer of £3.5 million in the summer, the Blues are unlikely to even consider bids below eight figures with manager Mick McCarthy having said he expects owner Marcus Evans to rebuff all but the most outrageous of offers during the January window.
"I’ve got an owner that’ll back me because we turned down money for two of the players in the first window. I’ve no doubt that he’s going to do it again,” he said.
Speaking on another occasion, he added: "He’s proved that with the bids coming in.
"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.”
Premier League clubs were again well represented at yesterday's game against Derby and scouts from the UK and abroad will again be out in force when the Blues face Southampton in their FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday.
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