Town target Charlie Austin is widely reported to have agreed to join Burnley on a three-and-a-half-year deal, subject to a medical. The Swindon striker was at Portman Road for talks yesterday but was unable to agree terms with the Blues.

The Clarets matched Town’s offer — reported to be anywhere from £1.2 million to £2 million - and were given permission to speak to the 21-year-old, who travelled to Turf Moor this morning.

Blackpool and Southampton were also chasing the former Poole Town man but failed to agree a price with the Robins.

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Town_Boy added 12:18 - Jan 28 Wow just gets better....
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Likenoother added 12:18 - Jan 28 Rubbish! Should have sorted this deal out. Go and get Adam Le Fondre instead now.
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fourpee added 12:19 - Jan 28 I hope he fails!!! Another PARKIN.
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blueherts added 12:19 - Jan 28 Its grim oop north
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superblueflude added 12:19 - Jan 28 CLEGG YOU'RE A JOKE, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB First Derry and others, now Austin - Joke
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Weekender added 12:19 - Jan 28 Why pay such high wages to an injury prone Bullard but not meet the demands of Austin?
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bluecrossy added 12:19 - Jan 28 Something tells me we are going to regret signing this lad
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KangarooBlue added 12:19 - Jan 28 Clegg, you are a joke
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itfcserbia added 12:20 - Jan 28 i'm not gonna write sincere comment, might write - ''abuse'''with big f****g red letters...
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depressed added 12:21 - Jan 28 And this is why i don't wet my pants everytime we're linked with a player !! Same ol sh@t just a different day..
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MackemReserves added 12:21 - Jan 28 Balls
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Ipswich24 added 12:21 - Jan 28 Great FU** off Clegg getting our hopes up and yet again cant sign the player you are useless!
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Tillz9 added 12:21 - Jan 28 Clegg couldn't close a barn door
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blueherts added 12:22 - Jan 28 Superblue - if they all wanted too much - its the right decision - cant run a club at a huge loss - look at financial mess we were in afew years back - We have a new manager - a resurgent direction on the pitch , and I have far more confidence now than I did a month ago - Focus on the pitch not the boardroom - They have made the best appointment in jewell and Bullard is a good addition - there will be more I am sure of it

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nick8 added 12:22 - Jan 28 CLEGG YOU ARE A DISGRACE, JEWELL WILL BE SICK OF THE SITE OF YOU. LEAVE OUR CLUB NOW YOU USELESS INDIVIDUAL
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BrightBlue added 12:22 - Jan 28 I feel totally deflated after all of yesterdays highs!!! We move on...............
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itfc1981 added 12:23 - Jan 28 Cleggbert you nutter
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HampshireBlue added 12:23 - Jan 28 How many of you have actually seen Austin play, or know anything about him other than his stats? Still let's all throw a hussy fit.
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casanovacrow added 12:23 - Jan 28 as much as Clegg obviously has no idea what he's doing, I do wonder how much of this problem is Evans.
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TimmyH added 12:24 - Jan 28 oh dear...another failure to land!
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superblueflude added 12:24 - Jan 28 Blueherts the guys is from a lower league he's not going to asking for 20k is he!! we have 21 players out of contract in 6 months, so we'll certainly some free wages to give out!!!
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BerkshireBlue added 12:25 - Jan 28 So, so typical of Clegg. Austin apparently spends a whole day with us and Clegg fails to conclude the deal. Austin pops up to Burnley this morning and within a few hours the deal is concluded!! Whilst I acknowledge that we must have a wage structure I sometimes doubt Clegg's negotiating abilities. We just missed out on Derry who has a superb season with QPR, the Chopra saga was well reported and now Austin! At least we can recall Lisbie.

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bluethroughnthrough added 12:25 - Jan 28 we didnt need him anyway! priskin wickham and scotland will do us just fine for this season
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blueblood66 added 12:25 - Jan 28 Couldn't do the deals..Keane was right..Clegg out
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BlueVelvet added 12:26 - Jan 28 Yet another Oly Clegg failure - I guess it was about wages that clinched it - I wonder how much we pay Oly for sitting on the gravy train?
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