Town are interested in signing Manchester City winger Bersant Celina on a season-long loan but newly-promoted Bolton Wanderers look favourites to land the 20-year-old Kosovo international.

Sky Sports are reporting that the Blues and Wanderers are both in talks with City regarding Celina, however, while TWTD understands the Blues are keen, the interest is yet to progress that far.

Celina, who is currently away with the Kosovo U21 squad ahead of a game in Norway, the country where he lived from the age of two and with whom he won caps at U15, U16, U17 and U21 levels, has already met with Bolton manager Phil Parkinson and been given a tour of the Macron Stadium.

“I know that Bolton are keen on signing me,” he confirmed to Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. “But we’ll just have to wait and see what happens, there are other interested clubs as well.

“But I think Bolton would be a good club for me. It’s a club that belongs in the Championship or Premier League.”

Celina, who joined Manchester City from Norwegian club Strømsgodset as a 15-year-old, spent 2016/17 on loan with Dutch side FC Twente, scoring five times and picking up five assists in 27 appearances. Twente are said to keen for him to return next season.

Capped six times by Kosovo at full level, scoring once, Celina has made one Premier League sub appearance for City in addition to two starts and one game from the bench in the FA Cup.

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BrettenhamBlue added 04:10 - Jun 9 BUT we weren't voted the most boring team in europe this year (4-4-2), which has got to be a blessing.
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tractorboybig added 08:00 - Jun 9 Burton would be favorites over us. Who wants to play for the daily crap we put out each game.
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woohoo added 08:01 - Jun 9 Sky Sports..... ...must be true then.
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:27 - Jun 9 says it all really ''Bolton would be good for me its a team that belongs in the Championship or Premiership ''. MR EVANS , WAKE UP !, There was a time when players and other managers thought we deserved to succeed, we were a highly respected club.This player wont be coming to Town, its a non starter,
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:39 - Jun 9 LWNR2013, I can assure you that the £ DIDNT come from Marcus Evans , nor will it. Even his suits don't have pockets .
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LWNR2013 added 09:01 - Jun 9 Shaky, I already worked that out. But we are what we are now, not what we were, and not what it seems the current regime is planning to buy our way back to.
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brittaniaman added 09:25 - Jun 9 LWNR2013 !! You say aprox 8000 Looking on web site I would say more like 6000 to 7000 at the moment !!!!
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marco007 added 10:36 - Jun 9 What hope do we have for the season ahead? Our best player has returned to his parent club Our best defender has left We only seem interested in loan players and are outbid with anyone decent We topped the league for the most long balls/inaccurate passes etc I feel sorry for the youngsters such as Doz and Bish Absolutely no motivation or reason to pay for one of the highest priced season tickets and can genuinely say that I am glad that we have a break and am not looking forward to 2017/18

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shakytown added 10:49 - Jun 9 How can they justify the ridiculously high prices for tickets when the end product is so poor????. Many other clubs are able to play decent football with a much lower cash flow than ours so it can only be the awful standard of management. Mick must go now!!!!!!
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Razor added 11:11 - Jun 9 You know what is coming next out of PR----it is we the fans that will be blamed for lack of investment because we did not buy enough season tickets----it will be our falut. Perhaps the numpties who run the club should ask why season ticket sales are so low,and when come up with obviuos answer do something about it!!
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Bob7881 added 11:14 - Jun 9 What a poor story i dont see the point in putting it on the site. i really do believe that this site has become a PR outlet for Evans.
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Bob7881 added 11:18 - Jun 9 No loans please i only want to see young hungry players signed by the club. ITFC has fell so far. EVANS SELL UP McCarthy out thats the news i want to hear.
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kingy4978 added 11:46 - Jun 9 Why do people keep saying they are against loans? Huddersfield had five in their squad last season and gained promotion, it can work so don't dismiss it.
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runningout added 12:15 - Jun 9 who wants to come to a tight a*sed club like ours
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Bob7881 added 12:24 - Jun 9 Yes it does work but not with 18 year old kids and McCarthy at the helm
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Kirbmeister added 12:55 - Jun 9 When Bolton where relegated to league one I always said they would be in the premiership before Ipswich, so I don't think we've got much chance of signing this boy.
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runningout added 14:04 - Jun 9 and not far from his pad
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heathen66 added 16:06 - Jun 9 Mick will always prefer loan players as he can always hide behind not spending any money for the dull football. If he was to spend £2m-£3m on a player like we are all asking, he would then need to justify that with the results and perhaps even style of play. However, it is easier to spend no money in the transfer market (but still shell out £2m-£3m on wages) and many people especially those in the media will say what a great job he has done with no funds. We were paying for 7 Jan transfer signings,but only playing one or two. Now that is expensive !!!

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heathen66 added 16:07 - Jun 9 If we are interested I hope he can defend !!!
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cat added 16:15 - Jun 9 Spot on @Heathen66, that's MM philosophy to a tee
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sereneblue added 19:06 - Jun 9 Until McCarthy goes ,what's the point!!!
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BlueandTruesince82 added 23:25 - Jun 9 How Ledley is available on a free would add some creativity. Alex Bruce is on a free would offer ideal defensive cover back at PR, Will Buckley is free and would add some culture and skill from midfield. Those plus a 4 ton5 million outlay on Ward and Huws plus a couple of supplementary loans and I'd be fairly happy.
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ormey75 added 14:54 - Jun 10 When was the last time we were actually favourites to sign anyone, it's been very boring for along time, what a disaster Marcus Evans has been for this football club
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SheptonMalletBlue added 15:15 - Jun 10 Why would any decent young player want to come and play for McCarthy? !!!!
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midastouch added 18:17 - Jun 10 Aside from loaning players, Evans is going to need to loan in a few thousand extra supporters next season as Portman Road is going to be like a morgue if the Dinobore is still in charge, which it looks like he most likely will! I can't believe Milnedew is still backing him, what are these guys on!!!?? Crazy! TWTD = Total Waste, Total Disaster! And that's not a pop at the site (as very much like TWTD), the makeshift TWTD acronym is aimed both barrels at Ipswich PLC Town, the club that continues to sink deeper and deeper in the abyss! McCarthy is like Captain Nemo, he's taking our attendances 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! And he might take us a few leagues lower as well if we're not careful!

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