Town Again Linked With Watkins - Ipswich Town News
Town are again being linked with long-term target Marley Watkins, who is expected to leave Barnsley this summer with his contract up at the end of the season.
According to the Sun on Sunday the Blues and Bristol City have "joined the chase” for the 26-year-old wideman or striker, but Cardiff City are confident of winning the race for the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle man.
Watkins, who has scored nine times this season, was the subject of a £1 million Town offer last August with interest reported again during the January transfer window .
When asked about Watkins ahead of the Blues’ visit to Oakwell last monthTown boss Mick McCarthy didn’t rule out a further move for the Wales-born midfielder or striker.
Quizzed on whether he knew much about the Blues’ interest in the summer window having scored the Tykes’ goal in that game, which ended 1-1, Watkins said: "No, I just crack on. Once the window closed, and in the window, I just focused on Barnsley, whatever happens happens.
"I’m a Barnsley player so that’s what I focus on, it would be disrespectful not to focus on that.”
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