Out-of-favour Town striker Paul Taylor is training with Blackburn Rovers and could join the Lancashire side on loan.

The 27-year-old hasn’t returned to the Blues since ending his loan spell at Rotherham in January with manager Mick McCarthy having told him to stay away and to find a new club.

“He’s not coming back and his agent’s been dealing with it. It’s with him and Paul. He’s not coming back, full stop,” McCarthy said in January.

Taylor, who is understood to be the club’s highest-earning player on around £10,000 a week, is out of contract at the end of the season.

The Liverpudlian joined the Blues from Peterborough in the summer of 2012 for an initial fee of £1.5 million, which could ultimately have risen to £2.5 million.

He made only nine starts and 16 sub appearances for Town, scoring one goal, and missed almost a year of football due to a toe injury.

Rovers have scope to make a couple of additions to their squad despite being under a Financial Fair Play embargo with former Town loanee Bradley Orr's contract having been terminated by mutual consent.

Orr, who was with the Blues between November 2012 and Janaury 2013, making 13 appearances, has announced his retirement from football.

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Bergholtblue added 15:49 - Mar 2 10K a week just to stay away from the club? Surely there was some part he could have played to earn his keep. The turnstiles could do with another lick of paint for instance.
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muhrensleftfoot added 16:18 - Mar 2 ArnieMs - Leadbitter wasn't a bad signing. in fact he'd have done well under McCarthy. Got to agree with you about the others though.
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brian_a_mul added 17:15 - Mar 2 Glad he wont be coming back, what a scum bag. He is one town player I wouldnt mind if he signed for Naarwich. We would all actually cheer him for it!
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northstandblonde added 17:35 - Mar 2 Hope he isn't allowed to play against us otherwise can write the script last game of the season
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blueboy1981 added 17:58 - Mar 2 ....... many vindictive comments about Taylor, which some may / may not be true - much is down to the assumption because of what people have said - in other words hearsay. A few would do well to be advised to temper their post content. Whatever is 'said or alleged' - the fact is ITFC signed him, and agreed his contract in doing so. His style of play would never fit with MM in a million years - far too much flair and creativity for that - therefore he was up against it as soon as MM walked in the door. Like it, or not - the two above credentials scare the wits out of MM. We have players already at the Club with both - but they will never be played in their rightful positions, subsequently true potential never capitalised on. You only have to look back at the team selection on Saturday for proof. Like it, or not people - hard facts. Normal respondents hit the minus button, as you will.

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blueboy1981 added 18:02 - Mar 2 ....... Football is not ALL about being able to run through a brick wall.
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warktheline added 18:04 - Mar 2 Calm down Mullet! Don't think Taylor has any chance of rescuing his failing career...in time, no doubt all his shortcomings will come to light. A real bad apple.....maybe his 'fan club' on forum will soon see why he couldn't or wouldn't fit in?
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blueboy1981 added 18:11 - Mar 2 ..... apologies for the obvious mistake ........... SUNDAY not Saturday.
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warktheline added 18:16 - Mar 2 Blueboy, there's no doubting his ability, but sadly, for whatever reason or reasons, there is something going on with him, personally or otherwise....rumours have emerged from his time at Rotherham!
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blueboy1981 added 18:35 - Mar 2 warktheline ........ agreed - but again 'rumours' and therefore 'hearsay'. Truth is we don't know - and can only speculate, either way. Talent / Personality like that should be manageable by someone - if not then he will naturally and deservedly find himself out of the game.
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blueboy1981 added 18:38 - Mar 2 .......... so Football IS all about being able to run through a brick wall ??????????????????????????????????? Crazy minus received for that.............. warktheline !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MattinLondon added 19:11 - Mar 2 Unlike some on here I don't know the man. Never met him, don't know any of his friends, or heard any stories about him from people I know and trust. All I know is that when I did see him play he ran at defences and provided some excitement. If he is a disruptive influance then of course get rid. But let's face it MM is no angel and I reckon he can be quite hard to get on with of he so chooses to.

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Chicago_Blue added 19:25 - Mar 2 Not so long ago loads of people on these forums were demanding he was in the side. MM comes out with a few comments and you all now hate the man.
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ShropshireBluenago09 added 19:48 - Mar 2 Not saying that MM is a bad man manager, but some managers out there would have persevered and tried to get the best out of him. Talented player, shame.
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spanishblue added 20:16 - Mar 2 Just for the record,ive said many times on here about Mr Taylor what a disruptive characture he was is,peterborugh is not to far from where i used to live believe me MMs done the right thing,one rotten apple in a barrel will spoil everything and its not Mick McCarthy.good riddance welcome to the conference,taylor sorry you not good enough for that
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wayway added 20:53 - Mar 2 I hope he is allowed to play for Blackburn down here and scores a hat trick. Can anyone say, hand on heart, that he should have been used more by our stubborn, one dimentional manager
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dirtydingusmagee added 21:26 - Mar 2 jas0999, over the course of time,have often disagreed with you ,but i can see eye to eye with you this time. It frustrates me too.
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warktheline added 21:29 - Mar 2 blueboy, sorry pressed wrong button!
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Garv added 21:29 - Mar 2 If he had Anderson's heart and personality he would be in our squad, because he's a much better footballer than him.
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runningout added 22:29 - Mar 2 Agree.. doesn't deserve some of the remarks given
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BrettenhamBlue added 23:26 - Mar 2 This is news, as significant wages could be freed up for another signing (maybe even two). Anyone heard anything about Mcdonnell? We badly needed him at Norwich and I assume he's got to be playing soon. Will be like a new signing when he starts. Taylor was a good player, but not the right kind of player for hoofball. He may well do well at Blackburn (who seem to be playing good one-touch football these days). Chasing huge hoofballs just wasn't his game. The strikers we have now are much more condusive to our tactics.

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essexbluey added 00:02 - Mar 3 Thank god that angry little mans never going to play for us again.
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Popeye added 01:18 - Mar 3 Town got Varney and Rovers have got Taylor. Very hard to decide who has got the rough end of the stick with those two! I've got a feeling that part of the reason MM didnt want to play Taylor is down to the extras we would have to pay P'Boro, that and the fact he was sh1te obviously!!
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MacMan added 06:54 - Mar 3 Ok. Never met him, but what we do know is that most football managers would play pol pot and the anti-Christ if they thought they would enhance the team. After the club paying that much money for him, and forking out so much in wages, whatever they might be, Mick must have felt a bit of pressure to get the best out of him when he took over. He did give him time, but It didn't work. Why not? Who knows, we don't see what happens day in and day out during training. But ask yourself this...when players leave, Mick usually gives them his blessing and wishes them well, as he did with Sammon and Bajner. With Taylor he wanted him away and told him not to come back. For all we know his boots are still mouldering in a locker somewhere in Playford Road. Mick's comments, and more to the point his lack of comments in that he can barely mention him without busting a blood vessel, sum it up. A complete and total waste of money and a lesson to those who want us to spend our way out of this league which, sadly, they will never grasp. Oh and my vote for worst transfer goes to one Mr Ulrich Le Pen. Think it worked out at £500,0000 a minute!

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Guthrum added 08:26 - Mar 3 Sears is a better player. Has genuine flair, pace and, most importantly, can score goals (had our best chances on Sunday, too), plus seems to fit in with the team spirit. Taylor at Ipswich only had pace and a bit of flair, but no end product.
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