Town could benefit from two of their players moving on this summer with midfielder Liam Trotter and striker Jordan Rhodes both linked with close season switches. Trotter has been mentioned in connection with a £1.5 million move from Millwall to Southampton, while prolific frontman Rhodes is interesting a number of clubs.

If Ipswich-born midfielder Trotter does make the move it would be to Town's advantage as the deal which took the 23-year-old to the Den for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2010 included a similarly under-wraps sell-on clause.

Trotter has impressed since joining the Lions and is also believed to have been watched by a number of Premier League clubs.

The Blues would also prosper if Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes moved on during the close season with the sell-on included in the controversial 2009 deal which saw the 22-year-old move to the League One side believed to be around 12% of the profit the Terriers would make if they sell him.

According to reports this morning, Fulham are the frontrunners to land the 40-goal striker for a £3.5 million fee with Norwich, Aston Villa and West Ham also said to be interested.

A figure in that region would take the overall cash Town have received for the Scottish international to around £1 million.

The Blues are understood to already have been paid more than £600,000 from the Rhodes deal which included several clauses based on both the player and the club reaching milestones. One of those is understood to be promotion, which the West Yorkshire club could still achieve this season having reached the League One play-off final where they take on Sheffield United.

Elsewhere, ex-Town loanee Keith Andrews has been released by West Brom having signed a short-term contract with the Baggies after leaving both the Blues and parent club Blackburn in January, although there is the possibility that he could sign a new deal if the new manager at the Hawthorns wants him. Keeper Márton Fülöp, who joined West Brom from Town early in the season, has also left the Midlands side.

Former Blues coach and Radio Suffolk regular Steve Foley has been named head coach of Ryman League Division One North champions Leiston.

Meanwhile, David Norris’s rumoured possible return to Town from relegated Portsmouth this summer appears unlikely with manager Paul Jewell dismissing the idea that he might be considering re-signing the club’s former skipper towards the end of the season: “No, not really. Chuck’s a terrific lad but I’ve got other targets we’re pursuing.”

Norris and chief executive Simon Clegg have remained in touch on a regular basis by text since the former Plymouth man moved on, which has led to speculation that the 31-year-old might return to Portman Road.

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AndyUK61873 added 12:40 - May 17 I love how everybody is still on the we should not have sold Rhodes bandwagon....lets see he has been a prolific scorer at Div 1 level, not Championship level. All becuase he has done it against lesser teams does not mean he would do the same in the championship, take a look at Scotland prolific scorer for Swansea and then did nothing in the PL and very little here...so it is not all about the 1 player, it is the system they are in, the stregth of the opposition, I like the idea of $1m quid for him, same with Trotter, he was very hit and miss for us and the same at Millwall, the 1st time we played them with him in the team he was horrible.

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Mark added 12:42 - May 17 I regret nearly everything Keane did in the transfer market. As well as Rhodes and Trotter, he sold Garvan and Stead for peanuts and released D.Wright, then spent multi-millions on the likes of Fulop, Leadbitter and Priskin. Even Edwards and Scotland, who cost £2M between them and now have no transfer value, were poor a lot of the time under Keane. What terrible damage that man did to our club, and I think Rhodes will rub that in for the next ten years as he progresses to the Premier League and, who knows, maybe the England squad one day?!

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BlueVelvet added 12:43 - May 17 no to Chuck returning, but YES to Rhodes
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walberswick added 13:18 - May 17 "Chuck's a terrific lad but I've got other targets that have turned us down.”
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ldnj added 14:52 - May 17 Rhodes plays for Scotland
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algarvefan added 15:32 - May 17 'I don't know why people keep on banging on about Rhodes, stop it, I mean he's only scored 40 goals this season, that's not good is it lol
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brogansnose added 15:34 - May 17 What the hell have Norris and Clegg got to text each other about ?
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martleshamitfc added 17:09 - May 17 For all those fans that knocked Trotter, eat your words as he maybe premier league next season. Fantastic for him, well done. Ironic if Rhodes joins him, at least we will be getting some reward for their services.
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martin12120137 added 17:44 - May 17 We would be getting even more money if we still had both these players as we would propably be in the playoffs!
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blueblood66 added 23:43 - May 17 Rhodes to Norwich, please no.
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ericgates added 05:56 - May 18 I think I would rather we had both players here still than about £400,000. However, a bit of extra cash for the transfer fund....hopefully!
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