Town are reportedly looking to sign Nottingham Forest central defender Jack Hobbs on loan.
According to The Sun on Sunday, the Blues want to add the 29-year-old to their squad before Thursday’s 11pm deadline and are negotiating how much of his £1 million wage they should pay.
Hobbs is out of favour at the City Ground having featured in only their Carabao Cup games this season, after making only 10 appearances during 2016/17.
The Portsmouth-born defender started his career with Lincoln City, where he became their youngest debutant aged only 16 years and 149 days, before moving on to Liverpool on his 17th birthday.
While at Anfield, where he made only three starts and two sub appearances, the 6ft 3in tall centre-half spent time on loan with Scunthorpe, Leicester and Hull before joining the Tigers on a permanent basis for £850,000 in June 2011.
The former England U19 international joined Forest on loan in July 2013 before making his move a permanent switch the following January.
Speaking after yesterday’s 2-0 defeat to Fulham, Town boss Mick McCarthy said he was confident of adding another centre-half to his squad before the transfer window closes on Thursday.
Owner Marcus Evans was at yesterday’s match and seems likely to have held talks with the Blues manager after the game with McCarthy unusually late for his press conference having missed his regular post-match meet-up with his opposition counterpart, Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic.