Town boss Mick McCarthy is reported to be considering bringing QPR midfielder Karl Henry to Portman Road in the summer.

According to The Sun, the Blues manager is weighing-up whether to make a move for his former Wolves skipper if the 33-year-old isn't offered new terms by the West Londoners with his current contract up at the end of the season.

Speaking earlier in the week Henry, who was amongst the Wolves players often linked with the Blues during the early days of McCarthy’s tenure at Town, said he was yet to hear whether he would be offered a new deal at Loftus Road.

"I'm sure I’ll knock on the door at some stage," he told Get West London. "My contract is up and, if they want me, I'd love to be a part of things. We'll see how the rest of the season goes and what they want to do. Fingers crossed I can be here next year.”

The Town squad would already appear to be well covered for combative central midfielders even if Henry, who has been a regular in the QPR side this season, were to become available in the summer.

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superblue70 added 10:51 - Apr 16 Guentchev you are being sarcastic I guess, although after reading some of your posts I think you may actually be mm's wife or secret love child get a grip man.
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KiwiTractor added 10:54 - Apr 16 Please no. Exactly the same as what we've got. What is wrong with you Mick?
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Ipswich58 added 10:59 - Apr 16 McCarthy. Do the honourable thing and Go now for the sake of the club. It's death by boredom. You've become a parody.
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alfromcol added 11:00 - Apr 16 Henry's agent putting his man in the shop window??
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onthehoof added 11:07 - Apr 16 In the summer we need to be buying a one way ticket for all the journeymen - out of town!
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Woodbridgian added 11:32 - Apr 16 Probably is just paper talk but hardly great Investigative journalism to come up with Ipswich as a possible home for a 33 year old ultra defensive midfielder who once played for Wolves !
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TimmyH added 11:46 - Apr 16 McCarthy would really be taking the p@ss if he was to sign him in the summer - that's a few less season ticket renewals IF this is the case!
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phillo added 12:04 - Apr 16 Exactly lightningboy - the most frustrating thing for me is this is the type of player we are now linked with ...... WHOEVER'S AT FAULT FOR THAT ..... COYB11 what's beginning to "grind on me" is the assumption you have to be pro Mick or anti Mick & if you are anti Mick you somehow hate the club. I have become "anti" the style, ambition & some of the choices made by the club recently ...... and if that makes me anti Mick then so be it ...... after all he is the manager & makes these choices (team style, player selections, Acadamy players offered contracts -Sam Ford issue). I far from hate or am not a true fan of the club I have followed for all of my life (40+ years) & resent people such as yourself telling me I do. I support the CLUB, doesn't mean I have to blindly support a manager who I believe plays in the wrong way & is now (having I am happy to acknowledge saved us when he came in in stabilised us) damaging our great club.

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sixtyblue added 12:39 - Apr 16 Any players signed must be under twenty five and not from any relegated teams give aways.We have enough of these here on extended contracts with no ability to make the squad.
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BlueNomad added 12:46 - Apr 16 It's speculation, not fact. I hope.
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finzha added 12:49 - Apr 16 This could be great if he uses henry to push Douglas out of the XI...
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StochesStotasBlewe added 13:05 - Apr 16 Another bloody carthorse to join Douglas. No thanks.
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MrDiddle added 13:19 - Apr 16 Are we all that sad to believe a rumour from a paper most of us wouldn't even dream of wiping our own arses with? Come on get a grip people this is paper talk, nothing more.
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Taricco_Fan added 13:29 - Apr 16 If true, and it's a big 'if' given the source, then I despair.
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prebsa added 13:32 - Apr 16 33 bit too young for Mick. Once again players past their best with at most 1 season left!
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Steelmonkey added 13:37 - Apr 16 Paper talk or not, not the player we should be looking at, ITFC pension scheme is obviously still attractive. A midfield injection has been needed for some seasons now, why can't they see this? Sorry I keep forgetting if you hoof the ball out and bypass the midfield you don't need one, doh, Skuse and Douglas do not fill the bill, as crap as Douglas has been he has has still managed to score more goals then in all the time Skuse has been here. Free up both their wages to get someone with a forward pass in them.

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Pip50 added 13:45 - Apr 16 Don't worry guys Mick will be long gone before pre season.
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BlueTrail added 14:36 - Apr 16 The job of an agent is to sort contracts. To get the player the best deal he needs to create interest in the player. A quick anonymous call to the Sun ought to do it. He will not be a Town player next season.
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stevelincsexile added 14:59 - Apr 16 Tractor boys not dads army.
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rinkydinkpanther added 15:53 - Apr 16 One for the future. Our non-future.
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rendoblue added 15:57 - Apr 16 Let's be realistic here, although he is 33 and this is a might happen paper rumour, Karl Henry is still a better midfielder than Douglas, Hyam and Coke.
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sidtheswan added 16:14 - Apr 16 Ex Wolves tick, over 30 tick , seems a certaintity !
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blueherts added 16:18 - Apr 16 Lets face it the only players looking to come and play for MM will be in three categories a) I am ex Wolves b)I am a defensively minded player c) I am over 30
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dirtydingusmagee added 17:18 - Apr 16 Was rather hoping MM would not be with ITFC by then,And we'd have someone with more ambition and ideas managing .
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Bluetone added 18:08 - Apr 16 Welcome Karl to McCarthy's sunshine home for retired and over the hill ex-foot and hoof ballers.
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