Boss Kieran McKenna says he hopes the Blues will do their January transfer business early on in the window.

As reported earlier, Town are in discussions with Atalanta’s Ben Godfrey regarding a loan, while the Blues are also likely to be looking for a new number nine and another forward player.

Prior to news of the Godfrey interest becoming public, McKenna was asked whether talks regarding January additions are up and running.

“We’ve certainly had discussions,” he said. “Discussions start a long time ago but getting players in at the start of January is another matter.

“Each club has their own needs, things can change really, really quickly at the end of December as games come thick and fast and players come into the team, come out of the team, players who you thought might be available are unavailable, players that you thought were unavailable might become available.

“We’re going to try and do our business early in the window if possible. We know that would be a big advantage but we also know we need to be ready right through the month and be ready to improve the squad when the opportunities come.”

There will also be players leaving over the window in order to free up space, while it’s possible Chiedozie Ogbene could be removed from the 25-man squad if his achilles injury means the Republic of Ireland international won’t be involved for the remainder of the season.

“Squad numbers is a consideration that we need to take over the month,” McKenna added.

“I think during January you don’t have that limitation, so it’s not an issue, but certainly by the end of January we need to make sure that the squad’s of the appropriate size and we want everyone who is still in the building to have a chance of playing and contributing in the Premier League games, so that’s what we’ll try and get to.”

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MickMillsTash added 15:22 - Jan 3 with 2 big big home games on the horizon is McKenna putting some pressure on to get deals done ??
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Robert_Garrett added 15:23 - Jan 3 Wayne Rooney is free?
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Linkboy13 added 15:28 - Jan 3 It's a bit of a balancing act we need new signings that's obvious but we cannot start a rebuild at this stage of the season. The right side is the main area of concern.
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Europa added 15:44 - Jan 3 Robert_Garrett: Apropos of nothing, I think Rooney might actually make a decent coach for our forwards.
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Leejames99 added 15:52 - Jan 3 So positive and great we planning on getting deals done, won't be any shocks on who leaves, sad as it will be to lose some heroes of last 2 years its great club are moving forward.
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chepstowblue added 18:40 - Jan 3 There are so many things that make football the most ridiculous sport in the world. Assists, pre-assists, Co-commentators, involvements, possession stats, playing out from the back, female commentators, Ultras AKA silly boys, Infantino, 48 team world cups, Lee Hendrie,the nations league, the world club championship, flares, Micah Richards, pitch invasions, people watching the games through their phones and believing that they're celebrities in doing so. But to top it all off...... the January transfer window !! In agreement, it will be sad to see stalwarts from the past few seasons departing the club. And, ahead of anything else, we desperately need a centre forward.

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