Town’s move for Burnley winger Michael Kightly may not be as dead as previously believed, TWTD understands.

Yesterday, it had appeared the Blues had cooled on their interest in the 30-year-old with the Clarets having been unwilling to allow the former Grays Athletic, Wolves and Stoke man to depart until they had added to their own squad.

However, we understand that with the player and Town both keen for the move to go through Kightly could still be a Blues player before the transfer window closes at 11pm this evening.

On Sunday TWTD revealed that Kightly was being targeted by Town, while his Turf Moor team-mate Lukas Jutkiewicz was amongst the strikers Blues boss Mick McCarthy was eyeing.

However, the 27-year-old’s half-season loan to Birmingham City was confirmed earlier this morning.

Another player we understand to have been on McCarthy’s list of potential striker signings was 20-year-old West Ham striker Ashley Fletcher, although the interest doesn’t appear to have gone as far as a loan enquiry.

England U20 international Fletcher joined the Hammers from Manchester United last month having previously spent time on loan at Barnsley.

Town are close to confirming the signing of Crystal Palace’s Jonny Williams for a fourth loan spell, while further additions before the window closes have not been ruled out.

Elsewhere, Piotr Malarczyk, who left the Blues by mutual consent on Sunday, has completed his move back to Poland with Cracovia, signing a three-year deal.

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bedsitfc added 14:43 - Aug 31 Charlie Adam anybody
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bedsitfc added 14:45 - Aug 31 Charlie Adam anybody
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hucks216 added 14:54 - Aug 31 Does anyone know if we are paying a fee for the loan players?
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carlo88 added 15:05 - Aug 31 Does anyone know if you can play a team of 11 wingers?
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delias_cheesy_flaps added 15:30 - Aug 31 Brett Pitman must be wondering why MM thinks he's not able to fill Murphy's boots, especially with the likes of Varney and Best being brought in on frees! Arguably he's the best finisher at the club, if he was given a fair crack of the whip I reckon he'd net quite a few goals given some decent service.
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karls_dad added 15:54 - Aug 31 I don,t recall much of Cressies fee, or Mings money being re,invested in new quality players? so don,t expect Murphs 3 million to be splashed out either!!! so its back to normal freebies and loans!!!
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dubblue added 17:25 - Aug 31 seems to me that only a portion of the £3 million is available, guess some of the money is required to reduce the debt/pay back ME who might need the money for...........em
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GTRKing added 18:04 - Aug 31 Looks like Knightly deal is on just waiting for the all clear to sign him it most likely perm signing be about 500K?£1ml also there is striker that might join perm signing just negoation fee but we will see what Mick signs
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