Town boss Roy Keane says West Brom striker Ishmael Miller will have plenty of Championship clubs interested in taking him on loan and feels that the Blues may not be best placed to land him. Yesterday, Town, Leicester, Nottingham Forest and Swansea were all reported to be chasing the former Manchester City man.

Keane, who is looking for cover up front with Connor Wickham out for two weeks with an ankle injury, says the 23-year-old will be able to pick and choose where he goes: “I would say Ishmael Miller will have plenty of options and we’d always hope to think that we’re in the market, whether we’re speaking to clubs or agents. If you think we’re the only club in for a player like Ishmael Miller then [you’d be wrong].”

The Blues boss says sometimes it’s a matter of geography where players decide to move, particularly when it comes to short-term spells: “We are going find it hard to attract a player down to Ipswich.

“We found this last year, certain players in certain areas want to stay in that area, particularly if it’s only a loan deal, I can understand that 100%.

“We had a situation last year with a left-back and he ended up going out on loan to a club down the road.”

Keane says Miller, who came on as a sub in West Brom’s 4-1 Carling Cup win at Leicester last night, may not even be available given his club’s progress in the competition: “The boy Miller’s a good player. I think West Brom won tonight, so they may want to suddenly keep hold of their attacking players, which you could understand because they’re having such a good season.”

Former Blues skipper and coach Tony Mowbray was Miller’s boss at West Brom and could be interested in taking him to his new club Middlesbrough.

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HighgateBlue added 09:24 - Oct 27 Who's the left back down the road then?
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ldnj added 10:38 - Oct 27 Doesn't he mean a player went on loan to a club near his home rather than move all the way to Ipswich ?
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Blue92 added 10:56 - Oct 27 Ishmael Miller scored on his first start for West Brom in a 4-0 victory, against none other than us, Ipswich Town.
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BlooooCD added 11:48 - Oct 27 Decent player - whether Clegg can sign him will be our biggest challenge!
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Suffolk_n_Good added 12:25 - Oct 27 I posted exactly this yesterday, when the rumour appeared. Damn I'm wasted here!!
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bournemouthblue added 12:27 - Oct 27 I was wondering if he meant Frank Quedrue but Colchester would be even further from Brum than Ipswich so it couldn't be him surely? Did Nodge loan a left back at any stage last season? Or does he mean a London Club perhaps?
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tomos91 added 12:39 - Oct 27 I remember seeing him against us when we beat west brom 2 - 0 a couple of years ago on new years day ... he was their best attacking threat and from what i remember his heading ability was brilliant i think he hit the bar within about 5 mins of the start. We wont get him and who cares about a left back we nearly got.
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SurreyITFC added 20:05 - Oct 27 Would be a good addition to the squad - Plenty of Power & Pace to burn
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Len_Brennan added 23:05 - Oct 27 Is it just me or does RK make far too many excuses, for everything, unusually a lot of them are for stuff that hasn't even happened (yet). When he was at Sunderland I remember hearing this particular one been used in the opposite direction ... can't get players & their wives/girlfriends to move up North because they'd miss out on the shopping in London & all that.
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PutYaBootsOnKeano added 23:46 - Oct 27 It's you.
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bleedblue added 10:00 - Oct 28 be awesome to get Miller - Powerhouse!
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