Town are reported to have been among a number of clubs to have shown interest in Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson, who is set to stay with the Gunners.
According to the Daily Mirror, the Blues, West Brom and Burnley were all keen on the 26-year-old, however, manager Unai Emery has told the once-capped England international that he is in his first-team plans.
Emery is said to have been impressed by Jenkinson in training and by his approach to the game.
Arsenal recently lost Hector Bellerin to a cruciate knee ligament injury and although Emery has other options at right-back, including ex-Blues loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jenkinson is said to be in in his thoughts despite having last featured in the Premier League in November 2016.
He spent last season on loan at Birmingham but has appeared for the Gunners in five cup matches during this campaign.
Jenkinson, who started his career with Charlton’s youth set-up and has also spent time on loan at West Ham, was rumoured to be a Blues target early in the transfer window with manager Paul Lambert having said that a right-back was an area of the squad he was looking to strengthen.
Since then he has moved Matthew Pennington to right-back, while Josh Emmanuel has returned from his loan spell at Shrewsbury with Lambert having no plans to send the youth product back out for the second half of the season.
Yesterday, the Blues boss played down the chances of more players joining on loan as Town already have the five permitted in a matchday squad, however, he didn’t entirely rule out further additions before the end of the month.