Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that Leeds midfielder Toumani Diagouraga will be joining the Blues on loan and that former Newcastle United centre-half Steven Taylor will be training with the squad on Monday.
"Yes, that’s going to happen,” McCarthy said regarding 29-year-old Diagouraga. "[He’s someone to add a bit of power to the midfield] and a bit of ability.
"He was the one at Brentford that got on the ball and started it all off in that really good team that got in the play-offs, I’m delighted with that one.
With several first-teamers out injured McCarthy needs to add senior players to his squad.
"I look in the dressing room there, Diggers has just come back from being out for eight weeks and I thought he did well today,” he added.
"Jordan Spence has come in after not playing a game all season, we’ve signed one from Forest Green in Kieffer Moore, who I thought did well in his time on the pitch.
"I’ve got Tristan Nydam on the bench and Adam McDonnell travelling, it’s been a tough old season for that. So yes, it would be nice to have some fresh faces.”
Is the Diagouraga loan with a view to a longer-term deal? "Funny that, that’s always the question, we’re taking on loan until the end of the season.”
Diagouraga joined the Whites from Brentford last January and has made 14 starts and 16 sub appearances, scoring three goals, but his only game this season was on the opening day of the campaign.
TWTD revealed that the Blues were targeting Taylor on Friday morning and McCarthy confirmed that he would be running the rule over the 30-year-old in the week: "He’s coming to train on Monday.”
Given his experience in the Premier League, the Blues boss says he could be a significant asset to the squad: "If he’s fit, he’s been out in America playing [with the Portland Timbers] and we’ll have a look at him next week. He was a very good player.”