Brentford boss Andy Scott has ruled out Town's Dean Bowditch rejoining the Bees. Bowditch spent three months on loan at Griffin Park before recently returning to the Blues.

Scott said: "I spoke to Dean on Tuesday, as well as Jim Magilton and Steve McCall at Ipswich.

"But Dean was in their squad on Saturday, and the message I got was he's very much in their thoughts.

"That's the trouble with loan players. If they're a success, their club will want them back.”

Yesterday, Brentford were linked with a loan move for fellow Town frontman Jordan Rhodes.

Meanwhile, ex-Blue Stuart Slater, now 39, has joined Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division side Wivenhoe Town, now managed by his former West Ham team-mate Julian Dicks.

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