Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that Town targeted signing Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury on a permanent basis earlier in the summer. The 20-year-old former Scunthorpe, Watford and Norwich loanee ultimately joined West Ham on another loan spell last Wednesday, the final day of the transfer window.

Jewell said: “We went for the boy Lansbury in the summer and his agent wanted to see if he can give it a go at Arsenal.

“He was probably told late last Wednesday that he wouldn’t be in [Arsenal’s 25-man Premier League] squad. I understand that.

“If I was a player, I would want to give it every opportunity I could to play in the Premier League.”

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cornishnick added 12:43 - Sep 7 Shame. Would have been a great signing
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daniel9624 added 12:44 - Sep 7 I know people get fed up of hearing who we didn't get, but really glad that this is calibre of player we are loooknig at!
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DiamondGezzer added 12:51 - Sep 7 daniel19624 :- Totally agree. That would have been a goody ! Still, onwards and the other way !
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HarryfromBath added 12:58 - Sep 7 daniel19624 and DiamondGezzer just to agree as well. He would have been an excellent signing.
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broomfield123 added 13:14 - Sep 7 Was the backbone of Norwich getting promoted.Never mind
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E3Blue added 13:39 - Sep 7 Absolutely no point in Jewell constantly stating who we tried & failed to get. It doesn't get anyone anywhere.
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itfc1981 added 13:56 - Sep 7 Broomfield he was on the bench at scum most games, hardly backbone. I dont think we need another Forrest Gump in the team.
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itfc1981 added 13:57 - Sep 7 Dont forget scum were biding for him as well, so there was no chance of him coming here.
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suffolkpoker added 14:02 - Sep 7 he is only at loan at westham, he may come as yet!
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robdaful added 14:09 - Sep 7 Could be one for the future. At least we can see how well he plays for West Ham now.
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broomfield123 added 14:36 - Sep 7 thought he was a regular so i send my apologise itfc1981. heard quite a bit about him being so good up the road
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delias_cheesy_flaps added 14:43 - Sep 7 You might as well say we came close to signing Messi on loan for the season. I'm not interested in who we didn't get BFJ!!!
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Paulc added 16:16 - Sep 7 Oh what short memories people have. Remember Ian Crooke? Once a scummer always a scummer!
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jas0999 added 16:34 - Sep 7 If this had have been Roy - we would have heard how stupid he was for targetting unrealistic players. The difference here is? PJ would have been better targetting players who were available.
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Ipswich24 added 16:47 - Sep 7 Makes me feel bit sick knowing what players we could of had here, this is exactly what we need young and hungry with pace and flair so we sign Bowyer instead!
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readtheleaguetable added 17:22 - Sep 7 Lansbury ? She could have helped out the local police solving a few crimes on her off days. Why we didn't sign her is indeed a mystery.
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jert16 added 17:37 - Sep 7 good.. can not stand him
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h32 added 17:56 - Sep 7 ........... who really cares about who he is WAS interested in ? - all this talk about nothing again, and again, and again. Actions ALWAYS speaks louder than words - and we should know that extremely well by now.
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yorksblue added 20:36 - Sep 7 Pat Jennings nearly signed for us .........but didn't. So we moved on
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Guthrum added 10:09 - Sep 8 Paulc: "Once a scummer always a scummer!" - you mean like Joe Royle?
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Paulc added 20:49 - Sep 8 No I mean like Ian Crooke, like I already said! And yeah actually, can't really say I was ever very crazy about what I saw under royle, so.......
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