Town are one of a number of clubs claimed to be showing interest in Fleetwood striker Devante Cole, who is in the final six months of his contract with the Cod Army.

According to Football Insider, Scottish giants Rangers, Championship quartet Sheffield United, Birmingham, Ipswich and Reading, and League One Wigan are all eyeing the 22-year-old, who is the son of former England international Andy, with a view to landing him for a cut-price fee.

Cole junior has scored 12 goals this season having joined the League One club from Bradford in January 2016.

The 6ft 1in tall frontman, who has been capped by England at U16, U17, U18 and U19 levels, started his career with Manchester City and spent spells on loan at Barnsley and with the MK Dons before he joined the Bantams following his release in the summer of 2015 without having made a senior appearance for the current Premier League leaders.

Town are currently not in the market for another striker, however, manager Mick McCarthy has said they could look to replace David McGoldrick, whose Blues contract is up in the summer, if he is sold during the January window.

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clint_eastwood added 02:12 - Jan 6 FFS!! How many bloody strikers do we need?
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muccletonjoe added 07:03 - Jan 6 Cod army ? Really?
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planetblue_2011 added 08:59 - Jan 6 Yeah sign him up be good back up for Garner & Waghorn. McGoldrick will be on his way then👎
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BrettenhamBlue added 09:20 - Jan 6 Got to be better than Sears
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jas0999 added 09:32 - Jan 6 Would be an excellent replacement if McGoldrick leaves.
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BrettenhamBlue added 10:10 - Jan 6 He's on his way Jas0999, hopefully early in the transfer window so we have time to replace him.
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ShropshireBluenago09 added 11:19 - Jan 6 Watched him v Shrewsbury a couple of months ago, leggy, pacey but a bit lightweight. No.
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:42 - Jan 6 sounds fishy to me !
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:45 - Jan 6 lightingblue , are you Evans's lovechild !
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poldark added 11:50 - Jan 6 Hang on aren't we selling a striker who has scored 13 so why not keep Moore and save money still that seems common sense which they current regime have very little of . McGolgdrick being allowed to run down his contract surely one of very few worth anything strange times at PR
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