TWTD understands that Town’s Championship rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers are eyeing a summer move for keeper Bartosz Bialkowski.
The 29-year-old Pole, who was named the Blues’ Supporters Player of the Year for the second successive season last month, revealed in March that a number of clubs made enquiries regarding his availability during the January transfer window with the club making it clear he was going nowhere.
However, Town may well be willing to cash in on the former Southampton and Notts County man this summer as manager Mick McCarthy looks to shake up his squad.
Whether Wolves - or any other interested parties who emerge - would be willing to pay a fee the Blues would accept remains to be seen.
Bialkowski, who has a year left on his contract with Town having an option to keep him for a further season, said recently that he and his family are very happy at Ipswich but admitted he has ambitions to play in the Premier League.
Wolves appear set to be among the Championship’s bigger spenders this summer as they look to challenge for promotion in 2017/18 after a disappointing 15th-place finish this season.
Paul Lambert’s club have already been linked with 24-year-old Preston striker Jordan Hugill, a Town target in January when they had two bids, the second of £2 million, rebuffed.
Meanwhile, Barnsley have confirmed that Marley Watkins and Josh Scowen are leaving Oakwell this summer having turned down new contracts.
Midfielder or striker Watkins, 26, was the subject of a £1 million Town offer last summer with the Blues showing further interest in January.
Quizzed on whether he might make a renewed summer move for Watkins in March, Town boss Mick McCarthy kept his cards typically close to his chest: "I don’t know. We’ll see, he’s out of contract.”
We understand Scowen, a 24-year-old midfielder, is also a player that the Blues have kept tabs on this season.