Town and Leicester City are reported to be ready to offer Cardiff City £350,000 for central defender Anthony Gerrard. Elsewhere in today’s tabloids, the Blues are again mentioned in connection with Peterborough midfielder George Boyd.

Gerrard, 26, is set to leave the Welsh club after apparently falling out of favour with manager Malky Mackay. The cousin of Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, he came through the ranks at Everton and while with the Toffeemen spent time on loan with Accrington Stanley and Walsall before joining the Saddlers on a permanent basis in May 2005.

Four years later, the 6ft 2in tall defender moved to Cardiff for a fee believed to be in the region of £200,000.

Liverpool-born Gerrard spent the whole of 2010/11 on loan at Hull City before returning to the Bluebirds for the 2011/12 campaign.

The former Republic of Ireland U18 international came on as an injury time sub in this year’s Carling Cup final and missed the decisive spotkick during the penalty shoot-out, his cousin having already missed for Liverpool, who took the trophy.

Gerrard made 22 starts and three sub appearances for Cardiff during 2011/12, scoring two goals.

Meanwhile, the Blues, Burnley, Middlesbrough and Derby are all reported to be showing interest in Posh midfielder Boyd, who is up for sale having refused to sign an extension to his contract which has a year to run.

Peterborough are said to have put a price of more than £1 million on the 26-year-old former Stevenage man.

In April, Blues boss Paul Jewell played down the chances of Town signing either Boyd or team-mate Paul Taylor.

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Bluetone added 10:40 - May 13 Would it be quicker to post the players we are NOT linked with.
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Mark added 10:49 - May 13 Hmm...sounds a bit of a fringe player. He signed for them for £200K and made 60 appearances for Cardiff in three seasons. Should be inexpensive I guess, but I don't see anything to indicate he would be good enough to come into our defence to bolster a promotion bid.
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planetblue_2011 added 11:19 - May 13 Not sure about gerrard but boyd would be a great player for us. We don't seem to be after a good centre back at the moment. The likes of gerrard, keogh players like that could be hit or miss. I suppose it's hard to get the right players in at a certain price. We will see!!!!
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bluedart added 11:34 - May 13 2012-2013 campaign starts this august phil! Dont know if gerrard is the answer. So far keogh sounds the best to me, but then we need a back up rcb!
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icetruckiller added 11:37 - May 13 Step forward Leicester or Leeds, pretty sure both players will end up with them.
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gypo added 11:39 - May 13 Let Leicester have him then we can have st ledger or mills
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PhilTWTD added 11:44 - May 13 bluedart Oops. Amended.
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wrightyblue added 11:45 - May 13 Will never happen while Jewell, and Clegg are about! Jewell, Clegg OUT
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jert16 added 11:46 - May 13 I thought his contract was up in the summer?! obviously i must be wrong.. i like the player though, big, strong, right sided and commanding. We need a player like this desperately!
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Lukeybluey added 12:10 - May 13 sign him up! i rate this guy. get keogh and boyd in as well then we will be well on our way! I'm looking forward to the new season already! Got a good feeling.
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walberswick added 12:21 - May 13 seems that with the FFP looming we are throwing the towel and are preparing a side for div1
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TimmyH added 12:24 - May 13 Career to me has never really got going, would it take off here?...I doubt it.
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Langdon_Blue added 12:28 - May 13 Gerrard looked useful in the cup final (apart from the penalty miss of course) I know there's a long way to go until the new season starts, but it would be nice to see a signing or two this month...
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Mr_Evans added 12:30 - May 13 I hate this part of the season, being linked with every man and his dog!
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ArnieM added 12:34 - May 13 No thanks . Just because he has the name Gerrard does not mean he will have quality. At 26 and still a fringe player at Hull or Cardiff suggests "not good enough" to me!
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Keaneish added 12:39 - May 13 Keogh and Gerard. Not the first two on any of our lists given how many goals we leaked last season! Can they do a job? No doubt! Do these links excite me? No. On another note, who do we think should be skipper next season? Keep Edwards or give it to a new signing, an actual leader. PJ claims it doesn't matter who's skipper, it's not important but it is. Any thoughts? No one really stands out for me so it would have to be a new signing. If Bullard could sort himself out I'd be up for him skippering if it gave him the extra added impetus to boss games ala Stevie G which he clearly has the ability to do at this level week in week out.

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mightytown added 13:38 - May 13 edwards for skipper for me keanish, think its made him a better player, that and playing at right back. he is now aware of his responsibilities and is arguably our most commited player. agreed he has his issues as a defender but he brins so much to the side; consistency, effort, attacking flair and not a bad championship defender to boot. there is a question over whether we would be better off with a general type, barking orders to those around him but i dont think this requires the armband. how often do we hear sportsmen talking of having 11 captains on the pitch? maybe this is why we are looking at the likes of gerrard and keogh, decent, experienced players to pull others into line, whilst edwards leads by example? as for bullard, i still think he can be an important player for us but think he has shown he will always be a bit of a wildcard. capable of playing great football but too often in the spotlight for his tomfoolery rather then his skills on the pitch. we all love bullard but he's so frustrating, somewhere between his unfortunate injuries and his apparent lack of focus is a very talented player but he's far too unreliable to hold down a starting place, week in, week out, let alone be captain.

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Jesney_Havoc added 13:45 - May 13 Oh, that Gerrard...!
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taylor15 added 13:47 - May 13 Westwood Lowton, Smith, Mills, Cresswell. JET, Hyam, McGugan, Martin. Chopra, Baldock. Lee-Barrett, Gerrard, Keogh, Carson, Scotland. in my dreams for like. reckon that would be the team to beat!
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jas0999 added 14:37 - May 13 Not that familiar with Gerrard ... may be okay. However Boyd would be a great signing and a big boost - the type of signing that would let others know we are back in business.
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brian_a_mul added 14:49 - May 13 Gerrard would be a solid back up defender & not bad for 200-300k. Delaney and Smith would be better IMO. Richie Keogh is far superior though and could galvanize our defense. Tbh both be be good additions, young and enthueastic. Keogh as a first teamer and Gerrard as back up. As for captain, thats a tough one. We have very little in terms of leader types. Has to be Edwards for me. Scotland seems to be a popular in the squad but not guarenteed a regular start.

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radiogaga added 16:00 - May 13 Boyd for little over a £1million would be an insane bargain. Could be this summer's JET IF that were to happen
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PimsNumber1 added 16:06 - May 13 aLWAYS LOOKED A DECENT cb TO ME so lets hope we get him
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radiogaga added 16:08 - May 13 Gerrard would be good, but (we say it time and time again) what we really really need is a natural leader at the back down here. I would prefer Keogh over Gerrard but they are both very "solid" Championship defenders at reasonably young ages,
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ArnieMsBigToe added 16:32 - May 13 Taylor15: That team would be great. But somehow, I doubt we'll get even half of them!!
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