Town are reported to be in talks with Hull City regarding centre-half Jacob Greaves.

A week ago, the 23-year-old was said to be top of Blues boss Kieran McKenna’s list of potential central defensive additions.

Now, according to The Athletic, citing senior sources at the Championship club, Town and the Tigers are in “active negotiations” but with an agreement still to be reached.

The Blues are reportedly offering around £10 million, well below the figure Hull hope to achieve with £20 million the valuation previously mentioned.

Other clubs are also understood to be interested with earlier reports indicating that Everton have him in their thoughts should Jarrad Branthwaite move on this summer. West Ham United have also been linked.

Cottingham-born Greaves, the son of former Hull City and York City defender Mark Greaves, came through the ranks at his local club, spending time on loan with Cheltenham in 2019/20.

In 2023/24, his fourth campaign in the Tigers’ first team, he was was named in the EFL Championship Team of the Season and also carried off his club’s Player of the Year award.

The Blues are already closing in on what looks set to be their first signing of the summer, right-back Ben Johnson, who is a free agent with his West Ham contract up on Sunday. According to some reports, the 24-year-old has agreed a four-year deal to start once his Hammers contract is up.

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boroughblue added 19:28 - Jun 26 £20 mil seems a very steep asking price, especially considering that’s the region of fee we’re offering for Omari. On the other hand, the Ben Johnson deal has moved up to ‘closing in on’ on the TWTD signing progress chart, interesting…
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FrimleyBlue added 19:28 - Jun 26 Are we no longer going to see any twtd exclusives or source news and just reported links from twitter etc?
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muccletonjoe added 19:29 - Jun 26 Building the defence for PL is an absolute must. Greaves and Johnson are a definite improvements
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rdibble added 19:30 - Jun 26 Good player and young I think he would be a great signing
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apnorman23 added 20:10 - Jun 26 West Ham are gutted to lose Johnson. Greaves is also one of their big targets too. £10 Million with a further £6 Million add ons and clauses were supposed to get that over the line for the Hammers. Johnson, is a great signing, he has a point to prove, can play across the back at LB, RB and CH of 3. LM and RM. Quality introduction to the club
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runningout added 20:26 - Jun 26 There are very good players in the Championship as we know. So will cost a few bob
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Gforce added 20:39 - Jun 26 Sheaf and the Greek guy next ?
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ArmaghBlue added 20:40 - Jun 26 20 million!!
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KuqiCoochieCoo added 20:53 - Jun 26 Frimley worried he's losing his job as Twitter news bot!
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Oldozblue added 04:29 - Jun 27 Seem to be under bidding which flags up interest to others. No longer in Championship or Div One - it might be a bit ridiculous but that is the Premiership. Listened to a podcast where a football analyst said 20 million was minimum for an upper middle Premiership player. Up the A140 they brought in 10 million players in their last Premiership sojourn and finished bottom.

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Bazza8564 added 09:44 - Jun 27 Frimleyblue, I have no idea what you are talking about. Either you are expecting Phil to make stuff up, or just speculate and/or leak things which hurts the chances of us landing these guys. MA was quite clear, it hurts us! Phil isnt going to ruin his reputation and relationship with the club just to "break" a story and put it at risk
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wokingblue added 09:55 - Jun 27 Looking at that video I wonder how many cards he got last season. Nice aggressive player but in the prem the refs might not be so forgiving. Looks like a good signing but only at the right price.......... In Ashton I trust.
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Fatboy added 10:29 - Jun 27 @wokingblue: He was booked 12 times in 43 league appearances last season, including five times in the first eight games
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