Town are again reported to be showing interest in Leicester striker Chris Wood, who the Foxes are said to be willing to allow to leave on loan.
The 23-year-old, Tommy Smith’s room-mate when on New Zealand duty, has dropped down the pecking order at Leicester with Croatian striker Andrej Kramaric having been signed from HNK Rijeka last week.
According to the Sunday People, the Blues and Fulham are targeting Wood, who joined the Foxes from West Brom for £2 million in 2013.
Town are currently in ongoing negotiations with Leeds regarding the loan signing of striker Billy Sharp.
Speaking yesterday, Whites manager Neil Redfearn confirmed that the clubs had been talking but said they had so far been unable to agree a loan deal, adding that he’d ideally like to keep Sharp at Elland Road.
The Blues are unlikely to look at another options such as Wood until the move for Sharp completely breaks down.
Town boss Mick McCarthy has ruled out a move for his former Wolves striker Kevin Doyle, who has returned to Molineux after spending the first half of the season on loan at Crystal Palace.
"There’s a number of issues. One, he’s out of our league in terms of what we would spend on wages,” he said.
"And two, Jez Moxey the chief executive at Wolves is a good pal of mine and there’s as much chance of me jumping in the Thames naked as there is him loaning him out to me when they’re in eighth spot and we’re in second and taking a hit on his wages.
"‘Yes Mick, we’ll loan you Kevin Doyle, we’ll also take a subsidy. You just give us 10% of his wages and you can have him’. I don’t think there’s much chance of that at all.”
Elsewhere, former Blues midfielder Jack Collison was spotted at stadium:mk yesterday as the MK Dons beat Sheffield United 1-0.
Collison, whose short-term contract with Town recently came to an end, is still at Playford Road as he gets back to fitness after a knee injury.