Blues keeper Bartosz Bialkowski is again being linked with Premier League Crystal Palace.
According to The Sun, the Eagles are willing to pay £3.5 million for the 30-year-old with the Blues wanting more than £4 million.
Town are said to be resigned to Bialkowski, the club’s Player of the Year for the last two seasons, but want to hold on to him until the summer.
Reports of Palace interest in the former Southampton and Notts County man first surfaced a fortnight ago but the South Londoners’ immediate interest in Bialkowski is understood to have cooled and they are believed to be on the verge of signing Getafe’s Vicente Guaita.
Bialkowski missed yesterday’s 1-0 victory over Leeds due to a calf strain, which may have led to today’s renewed link, however, manager Mick McCarthy firmly dismissed suggestions that he might have been omitted due to an impending move.