Derby County are reportedly showing interest in Town striker David McGoldrick.
According to The Sun, the Rams are keen on adding the 27-year-old to their striking options and the frontman is claimed to be "open” to the potential switch.
McGoldrick, who was born in Nottingham and has previously represented both Notts County and Nottingham Forest, has a year left on his Town contract.
Speaking last week manager Mick McCarthy said that the Ireland international is determined to make a positive start to Town’s new season having missed most of the final months of 2014/15 due to a troublesome thigh injury.
"It is a big season for him and he knows that,” he said. "We spoke about it at the end of the season and he wants to come back flying.
"He’s having a couple of extra weeks off because he was involved with the Republic of Ireland.
"Hopefully, if he stays injury free, his season will be great, not a problem at all. He’s a top player.”
McGoldrick’s family moved back to the East Midlands last season having been unable to settle in Suffolk but this is not uncommon in football and the striker is understood to be happy at the club.
At the end of last season McCarthy said that the striker was "not looking to move” and issued a hands-off warning on both McGoldrick and Daryl Murphy, with Middlesbrough's recently rebuffed offer of around £4 million reported again by some media sources today. Last summer, Town turned down a £7 million offer for McGoldrick from Leicester City.
Elsewhere, former Town goalkeeper-coach James Hollman, 37, has joined Motherwell in a similar role.