Town boss Mick McCarthy has played down weekend reports linking Crystal Palace with Blues keeper Bartosz Bialkowski, pointing out that the Pole is far from the only number one to have been mentioned in connection with the Eagles.

A report on Sunday claimed the Premier League side were running the rule over the 30-year-old, who is contracted to the Blues until the end of the season with the club having an option for a further year.

“I know [there was a story linking Palace with Bialkowski], but everybody knows Crystal Palace are looking for a goalkeeper,” McCarthy said when asked about the link.

“And I think they’ve looked in the Championship. I saw Alex Smithies got a mention at QPR, and there are loads of them being mentioned.

“I don’t know, they’ll be doing their due diligence on all the goalkeepers. All everybody knows is that Bart is a really top Championship keeper.

“But they might be looking for somebody who has got Premier League experience. I don’t know. I’m not picking and choosing their team.”

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BlueandTruesince82 added 23:03 - Dec 29 Sky sports says they "understand" an enquiry has been made....
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Jimmy86 added 01:08 - Dec 30 If we sell Bart then Mick would have to buy another keeper. Gerken is injured and isn't up to it. We would have to get a bloody good price for Bart though, even if he's in the last year of his contract. What's the betting they trigger the extra year on his contract if a bid has come in...
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GTRKing added 08:48 - Dec 30 We won't sell bart for less than £6ml+I hope the we can spend that money on players to help us get into the play offs
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BotesdaleBlue added 10:42 - Dec 30 I just don't understand why the club are not doing their utmost to agree as long a contract as possible with Bart, right now. Whilst this won't guarantee he will stay long term, it will at least mean we would strengthen our hand when/if we have to deal with an offer from a Prem club. The only potential problem I would see is, if his agent were to demand a relase clause in any new contract if a certain fee were offered, but the player himself has said on many occasions he would love to stay long term at Town, so that may not even be an issue. To have Gerken on a longer contract than Bart just seems amazing to me. Come on Evans - do your stuff.

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