Town are reported to be keeping tabs on out-of-contract Burnley midfielder Josh Brownhill.

The 29-year-old netted 18 times and recorded six assists for the Clarets in the Championship last season as he skippered them to promotion back to the Premier League after one year away.

Warrington-born Brownhill has been in talks with Burnley, who he joined in 2020 from Bristol City on a free transfer, about a new deal but with no agreement yet reached.

The one-time Manchester United schoolboy, who broke through at Preston North End and had a spell on loan at Barnsley, has been linked with West Ham and Everton, but, according to journalist Alan Nixon, the Blues are also keen.

Town are looking to add to their midfield this summer with Massimo Luongo having been released and loanee Kalvin Phillips having gone back to Manchester City.

The Blues want another of their loanees, Jens Cajuste, back at Portman Road but manager Kieran McKenna has said that a deal to sign the Swedish international from Napoli wouldn’t be an easy one.

However, it seems unlikely that Brownhill would pass up the chance of a return to the Premier League, especially if there is anything in the reports of interest from established top-flight sides like the Hammers and Toffees.

Elsewhere, former Town loanee Lewis Travis is reported to be holding out on a contract offer from Blackburn with a year left on his current terms.

The Blues are understood to be among a number of clubs keeping a watching brief with newly promoted Wrexham and Birmingham City both linked.

Travis, 27, spent the second half of 2023/24 at Portman Road, making four starts and five sub appearances.

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ArnieM added 13:26 - Jun 15 Big upgrade on the much linked Downes.
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Gforce added 13:38 - Jun 15 Would be a fantastic signing and quite a coup. However I think it's very unlikely with both Everton and West Ham showing serious interest.
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Bazza8564 added 13:42 - Jun 15 Great potential but I assume we would be at the back of the queue. If he comes, and Jens is back, that would be great but it's a big big if.....
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Nthsuffolkblue added 14:21 - Jun 15 I would be very surprised if we could attract him ahead of Burnley let alone with Everton and West Ham showing interest too.
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Monkey_Blue added 14:50 - Jun 15 I’m shocked that someone who had that good a season has been allowed to get this close to the end of his contract by Burnley. You’d have thought they’d have tied him down long before now. Unless he’s asking silly money of course but I doubt he is otherwise we wouldn’t be keeping an eye on the situation. There is no way we don’t at least know what ballpark his demands are in given he’s been free to chat or more to the point his agent has been free to chat openly to any club on the planet since January. The only thing I would say is that I don’t see him as an upgrade on what we had this season in terms of Cajuste and Phillips. I know Phillips didn’t tear it up for us but he’s better than This lad.

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timkatieadamitfc added 15:16 - Jun 15 Can’t see why the Cajuste deal would be a hard one, why don’t we just offer the money we were going to have to pay if we stayed up, or even 2-3m more, if we are attempting to buy players that are good enough to get us promoted and play in the prem, then he is one for sure. Even if we had to go to 20m it’s still a great deal, especially given that we paid more than that for Philogene

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trevski_s added 16:05 - Jun 15 This good be a good get, good age with a great record last season in the Championship and looks like he did okay in the Premier League when Burnley went down. Could be a great link up with Cajuste (still hoping we try go for him) and with Humphreys on the bench coming on for that impact or to rotate with Cajuste (have a feeling he might need it with the more rigorous schedule)

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virginblue added 16:08 - Jun 15 People crack me up how simple they think football transfers should be. It’s a World Cup year, so Jens will want to be putting himself in the window, and I’m not sure The Chanpionship is a high enough level for that. Agreeing a fee is the easy bit. Convincing him to come is a different matter.
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Monkey_Blue added 16:42 - Jun 15 Virginblue.. The championship is a higher level than swedens top flight and I’m sure players from that league will make the squad. You could argue it’s a better standard than scotlands top flight, Belgium and Holland. Ok, those league have two or three teams in them that you’d consider big clubs but as a whole the level is better. How many French top flight teams wouldnt be in a championship promotion fight? If he’s playing well and regularly for us it’s better than most situations he’s likely to be offered. If he goes to one of the top European leagues there is more chance he’d be warming the bench.

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bluebullet29l added 16:47 - Jun 15 The philogene signing was and is a complete disaster
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Linkboy13 added 16:51 - Jun 15 Yes spot on virginblue Cajuste won't want to drop down to the championship if he wants to retain match sharpness for international football but fans like to dream. But if the club offer him a huge amount of money he probably would come but for the wrong reasons.
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billlm added 17:22 - Jun 15 No chance, we're not that lucky
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blues1 added 17:24 - Jun 15 Bluebullet291. Stop talking rubbish. Ur judging philogene on about 4 or 5 appearances. In which he scored as many goals as hirst did all season btw. Assuming he's fit, he'll be excellent for us next season.
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Tedray added 17:55 - Jun 15 Surely Cajuste is a risk.Please tell us about his knee problem - is it medically solvable - why buy a player who cannot play two games a week and at great expense -must be better options.
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Mark added 18:23 - Jun 15 Could Brownhill do a reverse-Hladky? It is unlikely, but then again I would have said it was unlikely Burgess would sign for Coventry!
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blueoutlook added 18:30 - Jun 15 Mark, you were right, he didn’t sign for Coventry!
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jas0999 added 21:17 - Jun 15 If we end up with Travis, will show we failed to get other targets. Brown hill is the type of player we need and would be an exceptional signing.
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