Town are in talks with former England international Emile Heskey. The 34-year-old is out of contract having left Aston Villa earlier in the summer.

A national newspaper broke the news of the Blues' interest in the veteran striker earlier today, with TWTD sources more locally backing up the report.

Last night, Blues boss Paul Jewell revealed that Town are close to making their fourth signing of the summer with a big frontman in the Heskey mould very much amongst his targets.

Heskey started his career with Leicester City before moving on to Liverpool, Birmingham, Wigan and then finally Villa.

Jewell previously signed 6ft 2in tall Heskey whilst at Wigan during the summer of 2006.

Poll: In favour of Emile Heskey joining the Blues?

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itfc1981 added 13:38 - Jul 20 Oh dear!
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playmakerz added 13:39 - Jul 20 I will be very annoyed if big Emile comes to ITFC. He is not a step in the right direction and his wages will be huge. We need younger players, who need to prove a point and can provide a youthful energy. Not the signing to make if we want to better mediocrity like every other year.
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Foreverdon_Blue added 13:40 - Jul 20 Well, this will provide a talking point and a very mixed reaction if nothing else! I personally think it would be worth a punt but only if he falls into our wage structure. He is very good at holding the ball up and would provide many goals for Chopra. Not a prolific scorer as we all know but at Championship level he may get a few. A good strong physical presence though which we have been lacking for many years.

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playmakerz added 13:42 - Jul 20 Plus we have one of the highest prices for ticket sales & have sold Wickham for £8m+, so money surely can't be that tight. We have spent barely anything so far, take £1m for Derby's top performer Davies, and challenge for the play offs.
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Suffolk_n_Good added 13:43 - Jul 20 Please tell me this is a bad dream, & I'm gonna wake up any minute to find a sense of normality.......!! Bad move if true :(
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BYRNE_16 added 13:47 - Jul 20 Yeah sign him up! Better to have him than not....will do ok in this division
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Steelmonkey added 13:59 - Jul 20 If the carrot is big enough the donkey will eat it!
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Scuzzer added 14:00 - Jul 20 Never have been a fan....and now he is 34 years old....what happened to the "learn by my mistakes" Mr Jewell was saying earlier. Dont bother.
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ElephantBlue added 14:01 - Jul 20 I think it is worth a punt if Blackburn are willing to gamble on a 36 yr old nuno gomes why can't we try a bit of hesky? Big man up front will give defenders something else to focus on whilst chops bags them in.
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itfcjc added 14:05 - Jul 20 1 goal last season What is this???? Crap signing
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SWBlue86 added 14:08 - Jul 20 Sign him up!
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Toepunt added 14:11 - Jul 20 'would provide many goals for Chopra' 14 assists in 4 seasons. Prefer to base judgement on facts such as the one above but some stats aren't available (such as 'defenders drawn away', 'free kicks won', 'assisted goal although not the final ball through') I would hope that PJ has better information available to him (such as the match performance stats per player). If the wages are right perhaps a year might be a good gamble.

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GibbsITFC added 14:18 - Jul 20 What a fantastic signing that would be! Buzzin!
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PJ_Needs_Duncan added 14:22 - Jul 20 Frankly anyone who doesn't want Heskey at our club is a moron.
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Seasider added 14:26 - Jul 20 OMG Lee Chapman,Stern John Sam Parkin all before PJ's time then there is 'The Duke' with Ramadan coming up he will be fasting shortly !!! No Burley strikers coming towards the end of careers have ever done any good here as far as I can recall,and even Shefki and Scowy weren't so good second time round. Certainly a big gamble
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mrmorisato added 14:30 - Jul 20 You would think that pj would have learned his lesson about signing experienced players in their mid thirties that are looking for one last sizable contract? I can't see this happening, his wages would be a stumbling block I think. I can see Heskey signing for a foreign club now, somewhere in the States maybe.
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not_a_witty_name added 14:32 - Jul 20 A big gamble sure, but as long as the wages are fair then I'd rather have Heskey playing for us than against us. He'll worry most of the defenders at this level.
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raycrawfordswig added 14:48 - Jul 20 Stopped watching England when sven picked him instead of Marcus Stewart.Hopefully doesn't fall over if someone sneezes anymore.
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Guthrum added 15:05 - Jul 20 He hasn't scored that many goals recently ... for Villa in the Prem, against Prem defences - and as an international for England in World Cups and Euros. Dropping a level to the Championship, against Championship defences, could put him very much on the positive side of the talent differential (as long as, at the age of 34, he stays fit).
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algarvefan added 15:07 - Jul 20 My first response was OMG No...............then I had a cup of coffee and thought about it and thought OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! WTF is PJ thinking?????? I thought we were building for the future Heskey is so yesterdays man!!!
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Taricco_Fan added 15:10 - Jul 20 Oh god no.
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Keaneish added 15:11 - Jul 20 Does anyone understand that you need experience to get out if this division as well as youth? Some of these comments are mental!
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Seasonticketsteve added 15:13 - Jul 20 Assists arent everything, his hold up play, bringing others in and being a foil for Chopra and the rest of the team are what he will bring to the team. Stats can be manipulated to agree with anyones point of view if needs be!
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ITFC4daprem added 15:16 - Jul 20 worth a punt
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Taricco_Fan added 15:21 - Jul 20 I suppose if we are looking for a "big frontman in the Heskey mould", then Emile Heskey is a pretty good fit. Then again, driving a 6'2" wooden stake into the penalty are might serve the same purpose as Heskey.
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