Town are understood to have agreed personal terms with Peterborough United striker Paul Taylor and the 24-year-old looks set to sign for the Blues well before Friday night's deadline.

The Liverpudlian was at Portman Road yesterday along with fellow Posh player George Boyd to undergo a medical and discuss a personal terms but returned to Cambridgeshire without agreeing to sign.

However, as reported earlier, the deal always looked likely to be revived and after further talks today, Taylor is set to join Paul Jewell's squad.

According to reports elsewhere a deal which could ultimately be worth £2.5 million, presumably after numerous top-ups, has been agreed with the London Road club for Taylor, although this has not been confirmed by either club.

Earlier in the week a fee - perhaps only an initial payment - somewhere in the region of £1.75 million to £2 million was agreed for both Taylor and Boyd, the majority believed to relate to the former.

We understand that Boyd is keen to join Taylor at Portman Road, however, his much higher wages remain a significant stumbling block.

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bluearmy78 added 21:08 - Aug 30 Peterborough Telegraph is saying that Boyd will be staying at Posh as Town are refusing to offer him a better deal. Apparently Taylor is one of the lowest earners at Posh so obviously we were willing to offer him a better contract. They are also saying that most of the money that was mentioned in the initial deal(1.75) was for Taylor??
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StuartBrett8 added 21:09 - Aug 30 So him and Chopra could be a nightmare to opposition defences... just what we needed :)
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hollywoodginge added 21:10 - Aug 30 If Scott Loach's latest tweet doesn't confirm that it's a done deal if be VERY surprised: @Iam_ScottLoach: Off to see the Keith lemon film. Will update u later! Also buzzing of today's deal #Itfc and also buzzin if Hugo lloris comes to prem! #gku
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Garv added 21:11 - Aug 30 To the doubters, Paul Taylor is a very good player. Will add pace, a bit of bite and a powerful strike with an eye for goal. His goal at Reading on Tuesday: http://www.footytube.com/video/reading-peterborough-united-aug28-127085 Ball drops...goal. With respect to our top marksman, you don't see Chopra doing that. Boyd would be a bonus. Two CBs now please Paul. This could be a rare exciting deadline day for us. COYB

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Lightningboy added 21:14 - Aug 30 Come on George..stop fannying about & join your mate..you're already earning a small fortune.
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suffolkpunchdrunk added 21:14 - Aug 30 Methinks his agent tried to do yesterday what agents try to do all the time and whilst negotiating terms For Taylor & Boyd at ITFC he tried the favourite agent scam of 'I've just had a call from such and such a club and it is offering my men such and such more than you are so how about paying such and such and such more and you have a deal.' We said 'no', agent's bluff fails, he leaves hoping such a call would come, it hasn't. He tells Taylor 'oh well best you take what is on offer then' and the agent gets his nice fat fee! In the meantime the agent is still holding out for the call from any other club for Boyd in the hope that he will get more than what we offered - still 24+ hours to go, a long time in football and anything could happen.

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Marcus added 21:15 - Aug 30 A couple I defenders and, perhaps, a couple of squad players and the season starts fresh.
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bluearmy78 added 21:16 - Aug 30 What about Boyd in on loan & sign him in Jan??
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head1970 added 21:17 - Aug 30 So we got the worst one of the two.Great
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Strikes added 21:23 - Aug 30 Given the week we've been through, I refuse to believe this until we have terminated his contract by mutual consent.
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sirburley added 21:24 - Aug 30 good news but......can we have at least one more defender please?im assuming that as delaney has gone jewell has his eye on someone tomorrow..if not i am a worried man!
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StuartBrett8 added 21:24 - Aug 30 @Strikes Quality... LOL! :)
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BrandonsBlues added 21:26 - Aug 30 Show me the photo of the man with the shirt then I will know it be true
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mrmorisato added 21:28 - Aug 30 .......yeah good point, still 25 and a half hours to go anything could happen lets just stay pessimistic for the time being.
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Garv added 21:28 - Aug 30 head1970 - Taylor is certainly NOT the worst of the two. It even says in the article above that the majority of the original fee was for Taylor so its pretty obvious that he is more highly rated. Why are you being negative for the sake of being negative?
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bluearmy4life added 21:37 - Aug 30 Did Taylor score a hatrick against us i the 7-1 thrashing?
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HALLSJ added 21:38 - Aug 30 Excellent news boys, looking more promising after how we all felt during the day
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HALLSJ added 21:38 - Aug 30 Excellent news boys, looking more promising after how we all felt during the day
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bluearmy78 added 21:38 - Aug 30 @Suffolkpunchdrunk- I reckon your spot on there, these agents are mercenaries!!
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Stato added 21:39 - Aug 30 Chops out tomorrow ?
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scooterblue added 21:50 - Aug 30 until confirmed not getting excited. would like at least one cb if not two as well.
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Lightningboy added 21:50 - Aug 30 BossMan..just said the same thing to my brother...wouldn't be at all surprised if Chops is on his way 2moro - still think there are a couple of big surprises due...for the record I hope not - he still has plenty to offer us.
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alliedaz added 21:50 - Aug 30 gud news but i no powell frm man utd is waiting to go on loan n got contacts
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WarkyWonderLand added 21:52 - Aug 30 He did indeed score a hat trick last year against us and was the best player on pitch at Portman road and brings some real quality. Must have a defender lined up given Delaney has been released. Keep the faith everyone and Coyb. And who was it who sold a certain Mr Rhodes?
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suffolkpunchdrunk added 22:08 - Aug 30 Taylor got a brace against us, Grant McCann scored a brace and Lee Tomlin got the hat trick.
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