Town are being linked with a move for Blackburn Rovers winger Elliott Bennett.

According to The Sun, the Blues are interested in the 27-year-old having missed out on the signing of former loanee Liam Feeney, who joined Blackburn earlier this summer.

Telford-born Bennett started his career at Wolves during Mick McCarthy’s time as manager at Molineux. Having made only two League Cup starts and after spending time on loan at Crewe Alexandra and Bury, Bennett moved on to Brighton in the summer of 2009.

In his second season with the Seagulls, 2010/11, the 5ft 9in tall wideman helped them to the League One title and was named in the PFA Team of the Year.

His performances for Albion led to a move to then-Premier League Norwich City that summer, where he made 43 starts and 36 sub appearances, scoring three goals, and also spent time on loan back at Brighton and at Bristol City.

In January, his former Norwich boss Paul Lambert — who left Blackburn at the end of last season - took him to Ewood Park, where he signed a contract which runs until 2018.

Bennett qualifies to play international football for Jamaica via his paternal grandparents and in 2015 he was called up for the first time but is yet to win a cap.

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Fen69 added 20:11 - Jul 10 Don't forget David Wright was a budgie and how he played for us! Could turn out to be our goal scorer in the Derby games like Wrighty?
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Razor added 10:33 - Jul 11 Very very disappointing, if true.
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Wallingford_Boy added 10:33 - Jul 11 You lot are funny, exactly who are you expecting us to sign?? We cannot compete in the transfer market with 80% of the teams in our league, so we need to try and find these hidden gems.
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Lightningboy added 12:24 - Jul 11 Need some fresh young talent from leagues 1 & 2..not players who have failed misearably at this level for years.
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TimmyH added 16:48 - Jul 11 God! - hopefully there's nothing to this...hardly wets the appetite.
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Warkys_Tash added 23:52 - Jul 12 Am I the only person on here that thinks he is a decent player? I remember Norwich fans raving about him & he was quality for them before he got injured... Is much better than Feeney, hence the reason why Lambert rated highly enough to take him to Blackburn
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