Town Among Clubs Linked With Bristol Rovers Striker - Ipswich Town News
Town, Brentford and Wolves are all reported to have been keeping tabs on Bristol Rovers striker Matty Taylor.
According to the Bristol Post, all three Championship clubs have sent representatives to watch the 26-year-old on a number of occasions in recent weeks.
No bids have been received but the League One club are said to be bracing themselves for interest ahead of Tuesday’s 11pm deadline.
According to previous unconfirmed reports, the new two-year contract Taylor signed with Rovers in the summer includes a £300,000 release clause and that Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers are also among the interested clubs.
Taylor started his career with Oxford United but made only a handful of sub appearances before dropping into non-league, where he scored 80 goals in two seasons for Southern League South and West Division side North Leigh and won himself a move to Forest Green Rovers.
After a spell on loan at Chester, the 5ft 9in tall frontman moved to the Memorial Stadium on a free transfer in the summer of 2014.
Since then he has scored 67 goals in 111 starts and 20 sub appearances for Rovers during their climb from the Vanarama National League to League One in successive seasons.
Capped twice for the England C team, Taylor scored 28 times last season and has already amassed 19 goals during 2016/17.
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