Burton Albion manager Dino Maamria has revealed talks have taken place regarding striker Gassan Ahadme returning to the Brewers on loan but with no deal currently agreed.

Ahadme joined the Blues on a three-year-deal with the club having an option for a further season on deadline day in the summer but has had a frustrating time at Town.

The 22-year-old has made only one start and seven sub appearances - six sub appearances in the league - having spent around two months out with a broken foot, scoring once. Prior to his move to the Blues, Ahadme had netted five goals for Burton.

Having featured for both the Brewers and Town this season, Ahadme could only rejoin Burton on loan during January due to FIFA's three-club rule.

“Gassan did really well for us at the start of the season. Ipswich have signed even more forwards this window and he was already struggling to make the team,” Maamria told his club’s website.

“I spoke to their manager [Kieran McKenna] last week. We were talking about a few players and Gassan came up in that conversation.

“He was keen for Gassan to come back to us and I felt the same way, but we’re not in a position to pay what they asked for him.

“As far as I’m concerned today, the deal is not going to happen because we cannot meet their financial expectations.”

Ahadme returning to Burton would free a space in the Blues' 22-man EFL squad. As it stands, Town have 23 players who qualify as over-21 and therefore part of the squad including the currently injured Dominic Ball and Panutche Camara.

Blues centre-half Corrie Ndaba is already on a season-long loan at Burton and has made nine starts and one appearance. The Irishman is currently a regular in their side having struggled with injury in the early part of the campaign.

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Ipswichbusiness added 20:46 - Jan 12 He may be a good honest forward, but he was struggling to get in the team and now we have signed Hirst and Broadhead so a loan seems a good result for all parties.
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PremierBlue added 20:47 - Jan 12 Likely a deal will be done in the interest of all parties. More incoming...
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TexacoCup added 20:57 - Jan 12 it would be good to get this done - i think he needs to be playing
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Wallingford_Boy added 21:02 - Jan 12 He needs to go to, free up a place in our squad. Let them pay what they can afford, not like we need the money!
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Jugsy added 23:10 - Jan 12 Not good enough. If McKenna isn't seeing it in training then there's no reason he'll do the job at match time. A transfer gamble that's not paid off, sadly.
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Saxonblue74 added 06:01 - Jan 13 He's young for a striker and still has time to develop. He's not going to do so without time on the pitch so best all round.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 06:09 - Jan 13 A no-brainer given our new situation. I wish him luck.
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ThaiBlue added 07:56 - Jan 13 Dont no why we signed him has done nothing here hope he does well at burton but not a miss to be fair
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Linkboy13 added 08:09 - Jan 13 After the signings of Hirst and Broadland i said this would probably happen. I see some of the numpty heads are already writing him off he's only 22 and has had his problems with injury so im prepared to give him time.
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inghamspur added 08:58 - Jan 13 He's hopeless
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Bazza8564 added 09:06 - Jan 13 Its adead cert, no role for him here and he wont be the only one im guessing
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Europablue added 09:17 - Jan 13 I'm not very knowledgable about players at other clubs, but when I heard about the level he was playing at and the stats I wasn't sure why we would get him in, but I suppose the point is, sometimes you have to take who is available. The problem is that inevitably not all signings are going to work out. Camara also appears to have been a total dud. We signed him injured and he hasn't really recovered from that. The only surprise is that we gave Ahadme such a long deal. From the sounds of it, he's a great lad and trains well. Good luck to him.

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Nobbysnuts added 09:38 - Jan 13 Absolute joke of a signing...another ollie Hawkins....nowhere near good enough...get rid ASAP and free a squad place up.
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blues1 added 09:52 - Jan 13 Nobbysnuts. Typical pathetic comment from you. The guy hasn't had enough time on the pitch to show what he can do, or for anyone to make a proper assessment of his ability. Anyone who was at Burton early in the season will tell you, he terrorised us that night. We were fortunate to come away with the win. He's a young guy, who had an injury soon after signing, and due to others form, hasnt been able to break into the team. Whether he ever will, after the signings we've now made, no1 knows. But to slag him off the way you have is ridiculous.

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Nobbysnuts added 10:02 - Jan 13 Blues1....I'm here all week......I thought this was a forum...let me bow down to your superior knowledge of the game...get a life mate...
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Jugsy added 10:12 - Jan 13 Given we haven't got a prolific striker, I think it's quite a statement that he's not getting on the bench. McKenna sees him in training so to suggest it's not fair to judge him as he's not getting a chance on the pitch I think is bizarre. In McKenna I trust and if he's not selecting him, there will be a good reason. Would love for Hadme to turn it around and have a stellar career with us but at the moment it doesn't seem to be clicking for McKenna.

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ITFC_Singapore added 16:23 - Jan 13 Seems i'm in the minority, but i'd like to see him be given more of a chance to play here. Yes, i'm excited about Hirst and Broadhead, but he looked an absolute menace when we played up at Burton and i think he could do a decent job at this level. Has been unlucky to be injured in his early days here........surely a good option off the bench and then see if he can win a place as the number 9.

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