Town are reported to have had a bid of around £1 million for Hibernian midfielder John McGinn rejected by the Edinburgh club.
According to the Scottish Sunday Mail, the Blues made the offer for the 22-year-old Scotland international last week but it was immediately rejected by the Scottish Premiership club. Town’s bid is said to be well short of the Easter Road club’s valuation.
Glasgow-born McGinn, who has two years left on his Hibs contract, started his career with St Mirren, with whom he made his debut in October 2012, before joining the Hibees in 2015. Since then he has made 82 starts and five sub appearances, scoring 10 times.
Primarily a central midfielder, although also operating on the left, 5ft 10in tall McGinn has won three full Scotland caps in addition to appearances at U19 and U21 levels.
Previously, Celtic, Aston Villa, Sunderland and West Brom have all been linked with McGinn with reports valuing him at around the £1.5 million mark.
The midfielder is part of a Scottish footbal dynasty with one brother Stephen currently with St Mirren and another, Paul, with Chesterfield. Their grandfather, Jack McGinn, was the chairman of Celtic and president of the Scottish Football Association.
Town boss Mick McCarthy is keen to add to his central midfield options this summer with Jonathan Douglas, loanee Toumani Diagouraga and Giles Coke having moved on at the end of the season and Kevin Bru told he can move on if he can find another club.
McCarthy is keen to see Emyr Huws, who impressed during a loan spell during the second half of last season, return to Portman Road on a permanent basis, while we understand the Blues are also monitoring another former loanee, Ryan Tunnicliffe, who is a free agent having been released by Fulham in May.