MLS franchise Inter Miami is among the clubs keeping tabs on Blues central defender Luke Woolfenden, TWTD understands.
The 26-year-old is out of contract in the summer with Town having no option for a further year and a number of sides have been eyeing the Ipswich-born defender’s situation, including, as previously reported, Championship leaders Sheffield United.
We understand Inter Miami, whose president and co-owner is David Beckham and star player Lionel Messi, are another of those who have Woolfenden in their thoughts.
The 26-year-old, a key man in the back-to-back promotion side, returned to the Town team over Christmas having been out of favour for much of the first half of the season following the signing of Dara O’Shea.
However, the Blues subsequently added another right-sided defender, Ben Godfrey, to their squad on loan from Atalanta, and the former Everton and Norwich man replaced Woolfenden in the XI against Manchester City.
In addition, Axel Tuanzebe, whose primary role throughout his career up to joining Town was right centre-half, made his return from his hamstring injury as a sub against the Premier League champions on Sunday.
Town are likely to allow a number of players to move on during this window ahead of submitting their revised 25-man Premier League squad.
While 20-year-old Julio Enciso, whose loan signing from Brighton is set to be completed today, won’t be included as he’s under 21, Godfrey and Jaden Philogene will, while the Blues will also be looking to bring in a new number nine before the Monday 3rd February deadline.
Manager Kieran McKenna has previously said that discussions have taken place regarding Harry Clarke going out on loan, with Sheffield Wednesday among the Championship clubs interested, while Ali Al-Hamadi was yesterday in talks with West Brom about a permanent switch, a proposed move which fell down.
Town could free up one space by removing injured winger Chiedozie Ogbene from the squad with the Irish international not expected to be fit following achilles surgery until the end of the season at best.