Town reportedly want more than ÂŁ4 million for keeper Bartosz Bialkowski with Crystal Palace continuing to be linked with the 30-year-old Pole.
According to the Daily Mirror, Bialkowski is top of the Eagles’ wish-list and they have already made enquiries to Town, who want "in excess of £4 million" for their Player of the Year for the last two seasons.
When there was interest in Bialkowski from Wolves early on last summer, the Blues were understood to have put a £5 million price tag on Bialkowski’s head.
Palace were first mentioned in connection with the Town keeper just over a week ago when they were said to be keeping a watching brief on the former Southampton and Notts County man. However, we understand they weren’t represented at either of Town’s home games over Christmas.
The Eagles, who are known to be targeting another keeper in January, have also been linked with Paris Saint-Germain’s Kevin Trapp, Manchester United’s Sam Johnstone, who is on loan at Aston Villa but now strongly tipped to join West Brom, and QPR’s Alex Smithies in recent weeks.
Asked about the Palace-Bialkowski link last week, manager Mick McCarthy said: "I know [there was a story linking Palace with Bialkowski], but everybody knows Crystal Palace are looking for a goalkeeper.
"And I think they’ve looked in the Championship. I saw Alex Smithies got a mention at QPR, and there are loads of them being mentioned.
"I don’t know, they’ll be doing their due diligence on all the goalkeepers. All everybody knows is that Bart is a really top Championship keeper.
"But they might be looking for somebody who has got Premier League experience. I don’t know. I’m not picking and choosing their team.”
Bialkowski is out of contract at the end of the season but with the Blues having an option for a further year which there is little doubt they will take up before the end of the season.