Bournemouth, Brighton and Crystal Palace are all reportedly tracking Blues midfielder Andre Dozzell.
According to the Daily Mirror, the three Premier League clubs are eyeing the 19-year-old with the Blues said to want a fee of £5 million for the academy graduate.
England U20 international Dozzell, who has been linked with top flight clubs including Arsenal and Spurs in the past, has returned to action this season after missing all but 45 minutes of 2017/18 with a cruciate knee ligament injury.
So far he has made five starts and six sub appearances for the Blues and is yet to cement his place as a regular in the side.
Speaking in November, Dozzell’s father, Blues legend Jason, said his son was much happier at the club since Paul Lambert took over as boss and that a Premier League move was something for the longer term.
"We’re not looking at that,” he told BBC Radio Suffolk’s Life’s a Pitch. "I want him to do something at Ipswich Town. He’s 19 now and it hasn’t got going yet, with the injury and whatever else and Paul [Hurst] and the old regime, it hasn’t got going.
"Whatever happens, happens, but now he’s happy with the new regime, they’re speaking to him, he’s understanding what position they’re in, so he might have to bide his time a little bit longer and take it from there. But, as I say, he’s really happy at the moment, so that’s all I can ask for.”
Even if there is serious interest from the linked Premier League trio then it remains to be seen whether they would be willing to pay the sort of fee which would be acceptable to the Blues, even if they were prepared to sell, as Dozzell is still in the relatively early stages of his return from his serious injury.
The former Copleston High School pupil is contracted to Town until the summer of 2020 with the club having an option to keep him for a further year.