A claim that Blues skipper Luke Chambers is being targeted by his former club Nottingham Forest is the first transfer link involving Town as the final day of the transfer window gets up and running. Clubs have until 11pm this evening to sign players.
According to Sky Sports News, Forest are in talks regarding the signing of Chambers, 31, who left them for the Blues on a Bosman in the summer of 2012.
However, even if there is interest from the Tricky Trees, Town are highly unlikely to allow their captain to move on, particularly with central defensive options limited at the present time.
Adam Webster is set to miss the rest of the season, while Tommy Smith is another few weeks away from a first-team return.
Chambers’s contract is up at the end of the season but the Blues have an option for a further year with manager Mick McCarthy recently describing the Kettering-born defender as "important to me as captain” after previous reports of interest from Wolves.
The former Northampton man admitted his frustration that a new contract was yet to be offered earlier this month, but in the past Town have tended to trigger options towards the end of seasons and then enter discussions regarding extended terms.
Speaking yesterday afternoon, McCarthy said he was unaware of interest in any of his players.
Town are understood to be working on a number of potential deals ahead of tonight’s deadline with McCarthy still searching for a striker to replace Daryl Murphy who departed for Newcastle towards the end of the summer window with the Blues boss appearing to have given up on persuading Preston to part with Jordan Hugill having had a £2 million bid rebuffed last week.