Town MD Ian Milne has revealed that the Blues are currently involved in discussions with a view to adding two players to the squad.
Speaking to BBC Radio Suffolk’s Life’s a Pitch at lunchtime about the £8 million fee achieved for left-back Tyrone Mings earlier in the summer, Milne said: "We’re very pleased, it’s given us a lot of latitude and we’ll see what else happens, there maybe a few other things going on at the moment.”
One of the two players currently being targeted is Hearts defender Jordan McGhee with various reports in Scotland claiming the Blues had a further offer of £500,000 turned down towards the end of the week.
Town were already understood to have had two previous bids rejected by the SPL side but with negotiations having been continuing.
McGhee, a 19-year-old right-back or centre-half, who captains Scotland at U21 level, came on as a sub in the 54th minute as Hearts won 2-1 away at Ross County this afternoon.
Milne added: "We’ll get the right players in to be part of the team. Mick has said that you don’t want too big a squad because that starts friction and all the rest of it.
"There are some options we’ve got and there’ll be some options coming in, I’m sure.”
You can hear Life's a Pitch, which also features interviews with Tyrone Mings and Kieron Dyer, here.
Meanwhile, Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill was at Portman Road this afternoon running the rule over the likes of Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick.
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