Winger Danny Rowe has completed his half-season loan switch to League Two Lincoln City.
Rowe, 25, has found it tough to break into the Blues' first team squad this season and has made only one Championship sub appearance in addition to a further game from the bench and his only start of the campaign in the Carabao Cup.
In total, Rowe, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2020 with the club having an option for a further season, has made three starts and four sub appearances for the Blues having been signed from Macclesfield Town in January of 2017.
Revealing that the loan, which runs to May 31st, was set to take place once the January window opened last month, manager Mick McCarthy said: "It’s a good move for him, they’ve got a chance of getting promoted.
"And that will we great, it’ll be good for us because I still think Danny’s got something to offer, but he needs to play in a league side and if he has a really good second half of the season with Lincoln then that may push him further into the picture for us next season.”
Welcoming Rowe to Sincil Bank, Lincoln boss Danny Cowley said: "Danny Rowe is a top, top player. He’s someone we know well from his time at Macclesfield.
"We actually tried to bring him here when we first joined Lincoln but he had just signed a new deal with Macclesfield. The year we were at Braintree, he was the standout player in the National League.
"We’ve all seen what standout players in the National League can do in the Football League. The prospect of him joining us is really exciting.”
He added: ”Unfortunately he wasn’t available at Luton Town on New Year’s Day due to EFL registration rules.
"He's been training with us for the last week or so, and it’s great. He’ll be a fantastic acquisition to the group. He’s one of those players that will get supporters off their seats.”
Rowe could make his debut for the Imps at Rochdale in the Checkatrade Trophy on Tuesday 9th January.