Turkish reports are linking the Blues with a move for former Middlesbrough left-back Marc Bola, who is currently with Süper Lig side Samsunspor.

According to Samsun Gazetes, Town are interested in Bola with both the Turkish club and player interested in a potential deal.

TWTD understands the Blues have made an enquiry regarding the player's availability.

Samsunspor are reportedly subject to a limit of 14 foreign players and need to move someone on in order to add to their squad in this window.

Town are known to be looking to add a left-back to their squad during this window as cover for Leif Davis with the Blues recently having made an approach to Sheffield Wednesday regarding Marvin Johnson.

Greenwich-born Bola was an academy player with Arsenal, spending time on loan at Notts County and Bristol Rovers while with the Gunners before moving on to Blackpool in 2018 without making a senior appearance for the North Londoners.

Bola spent one year with the Seasiders before departing for Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee in July 2019. In January 2020, he returned to Blackpool on loan until the end of that season.

In the summer of 2023, he joined Turkish Süper Lig side Samsunspor on a two-year deal with an option for an additional season.

Town recruiting another left-back could allow the Blues to send Cameron Humphreys out on loan, the youngster having been cover for Davis in recent weeks. We understand a number of League One clubs are keen to sign Humphreys on loan to play in his primary position of midfield.

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bluelad7 added 13:04 - Jan 25 26 not a bad age
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NITFC added 13:05 - Jan 25 According to Wiki "Bola plays primarily as a left back, but can also play as a centre back AND A STRIKER". Presumably not very often as he has only scored 5 goals in 160 appearances
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dirtydingusmagee added 13:20 - Jan 25 he wont be brought in as a striker, but if versatile its handy .nice to see we are looking beyond our shores nothing much happening here.
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 13:23 - Jan 25 Only 6 more days left.
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cooper4england added 13:31 - Jan 25 Am i missing something?
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DannyITFC added 13:32 - Jan 25 Ok starting to worry about where this Striker is coming from? 6 days left
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BlueBoots added 13:34 - Jan 25 Might not the glam signing we were hoping for, but I'll happily say Tanx to the club if we manage to Get It On.
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SheptonMalletBlue added 14:01 - Jan 25 I hope he doesn't drive a yellow mini!
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JewellintheTown added 14:07 - Jan 25 Get It On, Bang a gong, Get It On.
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pensionerblue added 14:08 - Jan 25 Personally I find this all more than a bit worrying. The suggestion is that we are looking for cover at left back for Leif Davis but is that the truth of the matter? There has been plenty of news claiming that West Ham have more than a passing interest in Leif and he would no doubt be agreeable to a move with an uplift in the £15000 a week wages that we apparently pay him to possibly something approaching £100000 a week that he might be offered at West Ham. The next week will decide where we are but to lose Leif would certainly have an adverse effect on our ambition to achieve Premier league status.

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ArnieM added 14:15 - Jan 25 This makes me fear even more that we might lose Davis- I hope not!!
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Help added 14:18 - Jan 25 Well it has got to have some legs Phil has posted it and he poo poos some of the other names mentioned
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GTRKing added 14:24 - Jan 25 This guy looks goof if the deal is cheap, Leif won't leave unless a very very good offer £30Mill will do nicely :)
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blues1 added 14:31 - Jan 25 Omg. Get a grip people. With Williams gone, we obviously need cover for the left back spot. Humphries can do a job for us there, but hes not a lb. So this makes total sense, if its true.
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RegencyBlue added 15:28 - Jan 25 Other than what I’ve read here I know nothing about him at all. Didn’t last long at Boro which is a bit of a red flag but presumably McKenna thinks he can use him so I’ll go with that!
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SickParrot added 15:57 - Jan 25 We do need another left back but does anyone know if he's any good? When we signed Travis he was said to be able to play at left back but he doesn't look quick enough to me!
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Bazza8564 added 16:16 - Jan 25 Full back is an area where cover is needed, we don't expect Williams back and we know Harry has achilles issues.
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Town_Jewells added 16:23 - Jan 25 Sounds like he's a bit of a journeyman.
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DeliasMashedPotato added 16:26 - Jan 25 @RegencyBlue i'm not sure that is a red flag. Morsy and Luongo also didnt last long at boro
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FreddySteady added 17:36 - Jan 25 I’d be interested in his brother Tom but he has had injury problems so we might not strike lucky.
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budgieplucker added 20:21 - Jan 25 Good one @FreedySteady made me laugh, We could also be interested in Raf Fell.
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Reality_2021 added 16:59 - Jan 26 I hear Diego Costa may still be available lol. Just to throw a name around.
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