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Town Turn Down Birmingham Bialkowski Bid - Ipswich Town News

Town have turned down a £2.75 million offer for keeper Bartosz Bialkowski, which TWTD understands came from Birmingham City, who were strongly linked over the weekend.

Reports that Birmingham were keen on the Polish international emerged on Friday with further stories claiming they were set to make a bid appearing in the Sunday papers.

The Blues want to keep hold of the 31-year-old but the former Southampton and Notts County man has only a year left on his contract, Town having taken up an option to keep him for a further season at the end of the last campaign.

But Bialkowski is still to put pen to paper on the new deal ex-boss Mick McCarthy said had been agreed in January.

Speaking in April, Bialkowski said his agent was continuing to talk to owner Marcus Evans regarding the new terms.

We understand Evans is very keen to get Bialkowski, who is currently away from the club following the World Cup, tied down to a new deal rather than risk losing him for what would be a cut-price fee this summer or nothing this time next year when he would be a free agent. Talks are expected to resume shortly.

Summer interest in Bialkowski, Town’s Player of the Year for the last three seasons, had been widely expected due to his contract situation and with Crystal Palace - whose interest we understand has cooled more recently - having targeted him in January.

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