Town are keen to sign Hibernian midfielder Scott Allan but face opposition from Celtic and Rangers, according to a report in Scotland.
The Daily Record says the Blues are targeting the 23-year-old, who has previously been widely linked with the Ibrox side - the club he supports - while SPL champions Celtic are also believed to be long-term admirers.
Glasgow-born Allan joined Dundee United when aged 10 and, following a loan spell at Forfar, broke into their side in 2011/12. Soon after making his breakthrough he was linked with a move to the Blues.
He moved on to West Brom for £300,000 in December 2011 after turning down the offer of a new contract with the Terrors, having made only four starts and five sub appearances while at Tannadice.
The Scottish U17 and U21 international was a Baggies player for two years but was unable to force his way into the first team and spent time on loan at Portsmouth (twice), the MK Dons and Birmingham City.
Having made only three starts and four sub appearances during a season-long stint at St Andrew’s, West Brom released him and he joined Hibs last summer.
Allan, who has been a type 1 diabetic since he was a child, impressed back in Scotland and was named the SPFL Championship Player of the Year. He made 37 starts and five sub appearances during 2014/15, scoring twice.
In November 2010, while with Dundee United, Allan was charged with assault following an incident in Glasgow in which two men were hospitalised and three men were later convicted, but the charges against him were dropped due to insufficient evidence.
The playmaker has a year left on his deal at Easter Road and has previously been valued at £400,000.
Having sold Tyrone Mings to Bournemouth for an initial £8 million earlier in the week paying a fee of that magnitude would no longer be beyond the Blues.
Speaking earlier in the week, Allan said he was ignoring the speculation about his future, but admitted that a return to English football would appeal at some point: "Obviously in the future I would like another chance down there.
"But for me right now it’s all about kicking on next season and doing better than I did last year. I have got a year left and nothing has changed.”