Town boss Paul Jewell says he will be interested in making new loanee Danny Collins a permanent addition to his squad if he continues to play as he did at Blackpool on Saturday. The Stoke defender signed on a 93-day loan on Friday and is with the Blues until after the Barnsley game on Saturday 10th December.

Jewell said: “We’re looking at it as a loan to start with and if he does as well as he did at Blackpool, we’re certainly interested.”

The Blues manager has been chasing the 31-year-old for some weeks but says the deal eventually came together rapidly, not even giving the Welsh international time to train with his new team-mates prior to Saturday’s match: “We’ve been trying for a while but it happened very quickly. He couldn’t even train with us on Friday.

“We had him at the football club but because of paperwork, bureaucracy, red tape, we didn’t get clearance until 4pm on Friday afternoon. I think that shows how well he did, having not even trained with the team.”

Collins's Stoke contract, reportedly worth £25,000-a-week, runs until the end of the season.

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blueherts added 13:01 - Sep 12 Surco - Spot on - Once a RB is signed it will adios Edwards and Off to pasture Leadbitter
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spanish_archer added 13:04 - Sep 12 Good stats Surco.
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DiamondGezzer added 14:04 - Sep 12 Looking at the commanding way he played on Saturday and considering he hasn't even trained with the team, how on earth can anybody moan about him signing permanantly ? Sometimes I worry about the idiot posters on here ! Rant over, have a nice day.
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nitroblue1970 added 15:25 - Sep 12 Hmmm...he may be available in the transfer window but will he WANT to sign for town....probably still has premier league ambitions even at gthe ripe old age of 31!!!
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blueherts added 19:16 - Sep 12 we will be TOP 6 by Mid December
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Crazee added 21:50 - Sep 12 Agreed, would be a great permanent signing, along with Andrews (a must if possible) - but I can't see it happening while we are performing the way we are!
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pmason added 01:03 - Sep 13 agree with jas0999, i did say that earlier but my post was removed ? he can f**k off back to stoke and play in the reserves .... id class him as good as tommy smith
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Garv added 01:15 - Sep 13 Pmason you obviously havnt seen him play then. Sod off you wang.
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pmason added 15:15 - Sep 13 iv seen collins play many times and he is muck, unreliable, has no pace and his decision making is second to awful. Oh, and its Mr. Wang ... please get it right old boy
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JordyBeef added 18:55 - Sep 13 Would be a great signing! Need as many defenders as we can get as our defence has been such a lie-ability over the last few years!
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