Town are reported to have had a bid of £2 million for striker Jordan Hudgill turned down by Saturday’s opponents Preston North End.

The Blues are understood to have made an unsuccessful £1.5 million offer for the 24-year-old earlier in the window and according to various reports have now returned with a further bid.

Quizzed on what he likes about Hugill at his press conference earlier this afternoon boss Mick McCarthy said: “Everything he does. He's a real competitor, he works hard, he’s quick. He never gives centre-halves a minute’s peace. We’ll be seeing that on Saturday, no doubt.

“And he’s only going to get better. He added his couple of goals [in the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa] at the weekend. He’s somebody who has come into it a little bit later than others, certainly to professional football, and he’d be one I like.”

McCarthy confirmed that he has multiple seven-figure bids in at the present time but wouldn’t comment on whether an offer for Hugill was among them.

“I won’t talk about him other than that, as I say, I like him, he’s a good player,” he added.

Hugill is a doubt ahead of Saturday’s game having missed training this week after suffering a knee injury and being replaced 12 minutes from the end of the Villa game, which he left on crutches.

The Lilywhites hope to have him back in training on Friday and available for Saturday’s match.

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runningout added 20:35 - Jan 26 Dithering cost us before he put two past Villa.. if nothing done by weekend, forget it for any decent buys
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Wickets added 20:59 - Jan 26 Someone on the forum thinks Best was heard to say Your a fing joke as he left the field at Lincoln, not sure how true that is or who it was aimed at.
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Carberry added 22:48 - Jan 26 Here's the explanation for our lack of spending on players. http://swissramble.blogspot.co.uk/
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Bert added 22:50 - Jan 26 Even with our troubles, the set up at Town should still be attractive to a number of players and their families. A move is not just about fees and wages it also includes geography and dare I say it who the manager is and what fellow pros think about us. Give me Suffolk any day!
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ollie3686 added 22:50 - Jan 26 Pleased too see a little ambition now. However PNE have said he's worth £3m, an offer of £2m was taking he p*** a little. We have the cash from the Murphy sale. Forget trying to make a profit, break even on this one, up the bid and retain some fans. If he's as good as MM is saying, then he'll be worth twice that to us
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heathen66 added 23:15 - Jan 26 I think £2m+ for a striker that has only scored 10 goals in 55 Championship games is a bit steep tbh. However we do need options, but it will all depend on the service he is given.
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GiveusaWave added 10:02 - Jan 27 We don't have all the cash from the Murphy sale as we need to make about 7M every year in transfer sales to break even. The sales of Murphy, Brown and Ford amount to about 4M. 2M is a VERY good offer and we should probably now look elsewhere.
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