Newly-promoted Leicester City are the latest Premier League side reported to be eyeing Town left-back Aaron Cresswell.

According to the Daily Telegraph the Foxes are amongst those chasing the 24-year-old, while long-term admirers Aston Villa and Burnley are also said to be interested.

Over the weekend, West Ham were reported to be ready to make a bid for the Liverpudlian, while Southampton, Newcastle and West Brom have been regular visitors to Portman Road during the second half of the season.

Tottenham, Crystal Palace, Cardiff, Hull City and Everton have also all been linked at one time or another.

Manager Mick McCarthy, who rates Cresswell as the best left-back in the division, says he won’t stand in the player’s way if the right offer comes in during the close season.

If Cresswell, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2017, were to move on his former club Tranmere Rovers would be entitled to 20 per cent of the profit the Blues would make on the £420,000 they paid for him after his switch to Portman Road in the summer of 2011.

A Football League tribunal set a compensation figure of an initial £240,000 plus milestone clauses, with only a £100,000 payment on promotion to the Premier League not triggered.

With Town adhering strictly to the Financial Fair Play rules, McCarthy is unlikely to have much of a transfer war chest at his disposal this summer unless a current player is sold for a significant fee.

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BrettenhamBlue added 00:37 - May 14 Unlikely to get a straight swap for Williams. 3m plus Williams on loan for season (no recall clause) would be a good deal.
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martleshamitfc added 08:13 - May 14 Hopefully more clubs involved will start a good bidding war.
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bigtimecharlie added 10:27 - May 14 Some kind of deal brokering cash + Nugent ?? ...
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MitchtheITFCman added 15:00 - May 14 PJewellisagod; i don't think a straight swap would be good for either club as we need the cash to strengthen in other areas. It would be effectively us paying £4 million for him.
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ChayITFC added 17:37 - May 14 7million I reckon
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blueboy1981 added 18:14 - May 14 ............. all this cr-p about ridiculous transfer fees - and where he is going. As yet NO bids or genuine enquiries have been made - so why all this nonsense hype ? Who really cares where he goes if he leaves here ? - once he's left (if he does leave) let's move on as he will. In the meantime we await some interest in our so called 'genius' - that's going to make us all this money !!!!! - supposedly anyway.

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TimmyH added 20:43 - May 14 Here we have a 1989 born left full back with a sublime left foot and plenty more miles left on the clock...let's start the bids at £3M. It's like Ebay for Cresswell on here at the moment only problem is there are no offers at the moment so it's all circumspect! Next story.
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alexsmith111 added 22:37 - May 14 The money we owe Evans. What happens with that? Does he take the hit, does a buyer squash it? Or are we as a club that much in debt? If it's ours then no wonder we have no transfer money, if it's Evans then same also
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