TWTD understands Middlesbrough are keen to take Blues striker Martyn Waghorn back to the North-East this summer and are among a number of Championship clubs eyeing a move for the 28-year-old.

Waghorn joined Town from Rangers for a bargain £200,000 last August and enjoyed a hugely successful first season at Portman Road.

The South Shields-born frontman was the Blues' top scorer with 16 goals and also picked up 11 assists. No one else in the Championship was directly involved in more goals.

The former Sunderland, Leicester and Wigan man’s form with Town didn’t go unnoticed elsewhere in the Championship and we understand Tony Pulis wants to add the ex-England U21 international to his Boro squad ahead of 2018/19.

Birmingham City are also among those to have been keeping tabs on Waghorn, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2019 with the club having an option for a further year, along with Nottingham Forest, who were linked last week.

Whether the Blues would be willing to part with one of their most highly prized assets, who quickly became a fans’ favourite after moving to Suffolk, remains to be seen.

However, new boss Paul Hurst evidently wants to put his stamp on the squad and Town have already shown that they are willing to allow senior players to move on if an acceptable offer is received, Adam Webster having joined Bristol City for an initial £3.5 million rising to £8 million yesterday.

Webster’s departure and the exit of youngster Ben Knight to Manchester City for just over £1 million, which is set to be confirmed in the next few days with the fee agreed and permission from the Premier League for the move to go through granted, means the Blues are under no pressure to sell and they would almost certainly want a very significant sum for one of last season’s top Championship performers.

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loudnproud added 08:30 - Jun 30 I dont want to see him go either, But i also do not want a player who does not want to be here too. Im not saying for one minute that he wants out. But we are not privvy to what is being discussed. PH has a fresh start and im sure the question is very much on his mind or has been asked.......No need to slate the club just yet
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Edmundo added 09:27 - Jun 30 Expect a raft of improved contracts to be signed soon: Bart and Waggy will be top of the list, now that we've got a couple of higher wage earners off our books.
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TR11BLU added 10:22 - Jun 30 No no no no noooooooo This cannot happen Feck off published, feck off all of you
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shakytown added 11:39 - Jun 30 Ship rats sinking leaving????????? If Bart goes we are really in the poo.
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 14:56 - Jun 30 Can see the sense of the Webster move but not this one. Hopefully we will tell to sod off .
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Swn98 added 18:49 - Jun 30 Couldn't agree more NSV read all 5 pages seems that the feel good factor is fast evaporating in the summer sun and the boo boys are sharpening their tongues and that's before a ball has been kicked. At least MM got three years before the jungle drums started to beat.
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runningout added 11:52 - Jul 1 if we get a decent fees for our players and stronger replacements soon, surely it's a bonus.
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wayway added 20:52 - Jul 1 Swn, the boo boys who want the Evans PLC out of our club never went away. Nothing to do with the new manager who I should think by now thinks he has made the worst mistake of his life
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BrettenhamBlue added 09:50 - Jul 2 Feel for the new manager, impossible job. Aim is promotion from the Championship with league 1 and 2 freebies. Tough to say the least.
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Swn98 added 11:49 - Jul 2 Wayway the boo boys who vilified MM out I'm affraid looks like they are going to get more than they wished for,perhaps no more than they deserved.
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MVBlue added 16:17 - Jul 2 I sure hope Paul Hurst 'making his mark' doesn't mean selling off players for cash. He needs to keep hold of these top performers, at least Waggy. N.B. Phil do you ever backup these comments so we can look back at them in a years time?
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