Ex-Blue Ian Westlake has become the second player from Joe Royle's time at Portman Road to be reunited with their former boss at Oldham Athletic. Westlake joins Shane Supple, who made a loan move to the Latics until the end of the season yesterday.

Westlake leaves Cheltenham on loan with a view to a permanent move, having joined them from Leeds in January after a loan spell earlier in the season.

Royle watched Westlake in action for the Robins again Tranmere on Tuesday. Supple and Westlake are likely to make the Oldham debuts on Saturday, coincidentally also against the Birkenhead club.

Elsewhere, after allowing Alan Lee to move on to Norwich on loan until the end of the season yesterday, Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock will be offering an improved new contract to one of his other ex-Town strikers.

Shefki Kuqi is very much back in favour at Selhurst Park and Warnock says the club have made a renewed attempt to keep the Finnish international: "We've already offered Shefki a new contract and we will look into offering him another one.

"But because he will be a Bosman, if another club offered him silly money to join them then we would be in no position to offer him the same sort of money."

Lee is set to complete his move to Norwich this morning and it has emerged turned down the opportunity to join Sheffield Wednesday on a similar basis before making his switch to Carrow Road.

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