Town are closing in on the signing of West Brom right-back Darnell Furlong.

As first reported by the Daily Telegraph, the Blues have agreed a fee of £3.5 million plus a further £500,000 after promotion. The 29-year-old is set to travel to Suffolk today to complete the formalities on the switch.

Furlong, who has a year left on his Baggies contract, came through the academy ranks at QPR, where his father Paul had been a player, and spent time on loan at Northampton, Cambridge United and Swindon while at Loftus Road.

In 2019, the Luton-born defender, who can also operate at left-back and in the centre of the defence, moved to the Hawthorns where he has made 227 starts and 20 sub appearances, scoring 11 times, and has also captained the side.

Town have been on the lookout for another full-back after Conor Townsend, a former teammate of Furlong’s at West Brom, suffered an ACL injury in pre-season.

It appears likely that the versatility of the primarily right-sided Furlong, Ashley Young and Ben Johnson will be used as cover on the left.

If the deal goes through, Furlong will become the sixth ex-West Brom player at the club alongside Townsend, skipper Dara O’Shea, keepers Alex Palmer and David Button and central defender Cedric Kipre.

Like Blues youngster Ash Boatswain, Furlong qualifies to play international football for Montserrat but is yet to win a cap for the Caribbean nation.

Meanwhile, Town’s move for Norwich City midfielder Marcelino Nunez is continuing to make progress.

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BobbyBell added 11:18 - Aug 28 Some on here think it's all so simple. Contact a club and say "Can we but so and so?", " Yes of course how much do you want to pay?". Now speak to the player "How would you like to sign for us?", "Oh yes please, how much will you pay me?" Job done. Then we have the real world. Multi million pound business transactions, complex negotiations and lengthy contracts with multiple clauses.

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chepstowblue added 11:19 - Aug 28 Promotion did us no favours, other than for bringing in a few quid. The next season or two is all about getting used to a motley bunch of strangers again. But for now, the tight knit bond and feel good factor have long gone. The club feels very alien again. I'm actually expecting nothing this season.
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Sir_Monte_Carlo added 11:21 - Aug 28 Solid signing. We are having to pay a parachute payment premium a bit.
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Karlosfandangal added 11:22 - Aug 28 Funny how none of these have been linked with the club and boom Town are signing them Still need a striker
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ArnieM added 11:23 - Aug 28 Just what we need in the squad , a versatile defender that can play across the back four. Welcome to Town !
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Bluewhiteboy added 11:30 - Aug 28 Doesn't scream promotion! Think we're one day away from panic buying colchester best player, wordsworth esq
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muhrensleftfoot added 11:34 - Aug 28 The legend that is Mick Mills was a right back, but spent a large part of his career as a left back
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prebbs007 added 11:35 - Aug 28 Let’s hope a striker is on the way too
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bluelad7 added 11:36 - Aug 28 Republic Of West Brom Town
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darkhorse28 added 11:42 - Aug 28 The Ashton WBA obsession continues .., whatever the opposite of elite is. I wonder if Barber and Bloom fixate over failed 1990’s squads.
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Bert added 12:05 - Aug 28 He fits the bill for what we need. Always a first pick for WBA, versatile, strong and a few goals. A panic buy is one who doesn’t meet the club’s criteria. Given Townsend’s injury this one does.
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Murphys_Law added 12:16 - Aug 28 We shouldn’t forget that Cam Humphries does a decent job as left back cover too.
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philpott2 added 12:16 - Aug 28 I like this. We need a different right back as there are far too many ways to get around and past Johnson and teams are already sussing that out. He recovers half decently but he needs to do that way too often for my liking. We are still trying to buy, create and settle ona new team, with no real cohesion created last season whilst struggling in the Prem with those players bought 6 and 12 months ago. The likes of Akpom, Cajuste, Matusiwa and Mcateer yet to get going too so I think things are looking up. Furlong and this Egeli fellow up front, and start playing with some drive and pace, please, oh and start pulling the trigger early, get lots of shots in like the first 2 years of KM's reign!!!

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AJW1971 added 12:16 - Aug 28 Feels like we are building a solid mid table championship squad and not a championship winning squad
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johnwarksshorts added 12:21 - Aug 28 Long throw specialist!
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flykickingbybgunn added 12:22 - Aug 28 Baggie friend rates him. I'll take that.
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Lightningboy added 12:23 - Aug 28 But Burgess was too old at 29 to offer a 3 year deal to? Thought we needed cover at left back? Said before,far too many ins & outs over the last 12 months..all looking as shambolic as the performances on the pitch...time will tell.....
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jazzback added 12:30 - Aug 28 Over the years have seen him and always impressed by him. Wait until you see his long throw ins. Great signing
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Carberry added 12:40 - Aug 28 Another from West Brom, could we set our horizons a little further?
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darkhorse28 added 13:11 - Aug 28 BeachBlue - did Sir Bobby manage many games at this level? Not one below the top division in leagues across Europe, in his entire lengthy career. So pretty sure he wasn’t endorsing out WBA obsession when he said that!
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MVBlue added 13:18 - Aug 28 stealing all West Broms defence. Revenge for them poaching Thomas Gardsoe for peanuts 20 years ago.
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warktheline added 13:50 - Aug 28 What’s concerning is the amount of players coming and going, I understand it’s been a huge transitional process these past 12 months or so, but has McKenna a clear idea of where he’s going with this and is it becoming a much larger issue than he would have liked? A settled side and system must surely be paramount!
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virginblue added 14:05 - Aug 28 I swear we could sign Mbappe and Jude Bellingham and some on here would still find a negative.
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Linkboy13 added 14:58 - Aug 28 Muhrensleftfoot Mick Mills was also a quality midfield player and despite going on to captain England he still had his critics amongst the fans times never change.
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dirtydingusmagee added 14:58 - Aug 28 Happy with this one tbo now who we going to sign to get us much need goals, ? Definitely short on fire power at the moment and Hirst is always a worry re fitness.
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