Town are targeting Everton striker Nathan Broadhead, who is currently on loan with Championship Wigan.

The 24-year-old has spent the first half of the season on loan with the Latics but with a recall with a view to a permanent move elsewhere understood to be on the cards.

And according to the Sunderland Echo, there is an offer on the table from the Blues for the former Wales U17, U19, U20 and U21 international.

However, they claim Broadhead would ideally prefer a return to Championship Sunderland where he was on loan last season. Whether the Black Cats are interested in a reunion is said to be unclear at this stage.

TWTD understands the Blues have indeed made contact with Everton regarding Broadhead as they look to strengthen their striking ranks during January.

Broadhead was a youth player with hometown side Bangor City and Wrexham before joining Everton’s academy as a 10-year-old.

The 5ft 10in tall frontman has made two senior sub appearances for the Toffeemen but has spent most of the last few seasons out on loan.

In 2019/20 he was with Burton, scoring three times in 15 starts and seven sub appearances, then spent 2021/22 on Wearside, netting 13 goals in 20 starts and seven games from the bench.

He joined Wigan in the summer and so far this season has scored five goals in 11 starts and 11 sub appearances.

Adding a new striker is among the Blues’ main aims during the January window. Brighton’s 18-year-old frontman Evan Ferguson was among those Town had been keeping tabs on, however, the Irish international is now almost certainly out of reach having broken into the Seagulls’ first team, scoring his second goal in two games in his first Premier League start as the Sussex side won 4-1 at Everton last night.

Meanwhile, the Blues remain interested in Swansea forward Morgan Whittaker, who was recalled from his loan spell at Plymouth yesterday, but with no deal currently in progress.

Elsewhere, Peterborough have sacked manager Grant McCann replacing him with Darren Ferguson for the rest of the season, however, the move would seem unlikely to impact the Blues' pursuit of midfielder Jack Taylor. As reported yesterday, talks between the clubs are continuing.

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RobITFC added 12:27 - Jan 4 Yes please
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HighwoodsBlue added 12:30 - Jan 4 Came off the bench against us both times in 19/20 when Burton were chasing goals. Looked lively and will do a job in L1 in my opinion.
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brendenward35 added 12:33 - Jan 4 My friends who SAFC fans says skilful player, Sunderland were going to buy him but he chose to go on loan to Wigan. Only issue might be his a bit injury prone so fingers crossed if we get him.
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bringmeaKuqi added 12:36 - Jan 4 Can't argue with a goal every other game in League One last season, that's a much better record than what we currently have. One question mark would be whether a 24-year-old with two and a half seasons of competitive football under their belt has much more room for improvement. Would have expected him to have more first team involvement by this age. Makes Whittaker look like a seasoned pro

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itfctilidie added 12:39 - Jan 4 Is there a rule in place where Peterborough can only hire Darren Ferguson or Grant mccann?
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Karlosfandangal added 12:42 - Jan 4 Wikipedia are now saying Whittaker signed for Town on the 4th Jan for an undisclosed fee. Plus this lad could be happy days
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HopefulBlue69 added 12:44 - Jan 4 Do we really need a 5 10 centre forward for L1.. I'd prefer some 6 2 plus as we currently have no plan B and if need be we can put high balls into the box against stubborn teams who just defend against us... That said we could but 2 strikers.... Does he fancy dropping down to L1, doesn't sound like it to me...
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algarvefan added 12:46 - Jan 4 An area of the pitch where I think the club needs new blood, so Whittaker and Broadhead would be nice. Taylor too for the midfield.
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BobbyBell added 12:59 - Jan 4 I am just waiting for the totally unexpected signing to be announced. All these rumours will probably come to nothing but I'm convinced that something special is coming as a complete surprise.
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Positive_Vibes added 13:03 - Jan 4 Whilst he had a reasonable season with Sunderland 10 goals from 22 appearances, (compared to 11 goals from Bonne) It also was a one off season. Wigan are bottom of the league and his record of 5 goals from 22 appearances this season, and only 2 goals from 19 when with Burton. This doesn't bode well as the prolific scorer that we are looking for.
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Edmundo added 13:14 - Jan 4 Looked a handful last season and scored as part of a winning team. Wigan clearly struggling to create chances for him at the higher level: loan might make more sense, though we might play against him next season: Everton v Town in the Championship?!
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chepstowblue added 13:15 - Jan 4 Not for me.
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VitalSigns added 13:30 - Jan 4 I think I would rather have Connor Wickham for 6 months with an option to extend his contract. He is fresh off the back of a very good first half of the season, has tonnes of experience, has strength to hold up the ball to bring others into play, is a good header of a ball in both boxes and is in rich goalscoring form. His connections with the Club can only help.
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Flamencaman added 13:31 - Jan 4 At least he should be mobile can someone tell me how tall Marcus Stewart is pretty sure he's not a six ft lump
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Orraman added 13:34 - Jan 4 Hardly prolific is he? His record suggests that he is no better than we already have. We really should be strengthening the defence . When we currently are the second highest scoring team in the country, I would suggest that defensive mistakes are more of our problem
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Razor added 13:48 - Jan 4 Not the man for me----Collins from Bristol Rovers and Hoskind from Northampton and dont Swansea still owe us money for Downes----so we can get Whittaker as well.Those 3 would give us a fighting chance.
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Asa added 13:52 - Jan 4 Razor - 29 year old Hoskins, who has played below League One for nearly a decade and whose only decent scoring season in his whole career is this season (in League Two)?
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billlm added 13:58 - Jan 4 BobbyBell,I wonder the same,Ashton did say we've been working on deals and they've progressed, Lots of smoke screens I think, Players plucked out of the sky are either that or desperation again, interesting,
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TimmyH added 14:22 - Jan 4 There are some deluded posters on here 'Whittaker and Broadhead would be nice'...I reckon if we can get one of those we've done okay but Swansea aren't going to sell Whittaker for peanuts and will probably see the rest of the season out with them or another interested party at a higher level.
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Cakeman added 14:27 - Jan 4 Very important to get players who really want to be with us. I'm sure Mark Ashton can promote our club very well so will hopefully get the right ones in very soon.
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ThaiBlue added 15:17 - Jan 4 The more i think about it conner whickam would do just fine for the rest of the season pay as you play deal.
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rfretwell added 15:26 - Jan 4 As he seems to be injury free now, Connor Wickhams a no brained to get us over the final hurdle surely.
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Ipswichbusiness added 15:31 - Jan 4 Re: Nathan Broadhead From the Wigan Athletic website: Time played 1,068 Appearances 22 Goals 5 Assists 0 Shooting accuracy 63% (10/16) Passes 83% 181/219 I like the idea of Collins.
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Nobbysnuts added 15:41 - Jan 4 No thanks
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buzbyblue added 15:58 - Jan 4 Hoping this link is just a diversion from the real targets behind the scenes, not what we need IMHO - no better on paper this season than what we already have..... Whittaker threw a hissy fit on Instagram yesterday so that might be a bit awkward if he then signs for us
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