We've fought off interest over Fellows before and whilst we cannot do so indefinitely, just hope we can do so again. At least TM has name checked him several times which would indicate a desire to keep hold of him.

I can understand Palmer wanting a chance to play in the Premiership (though Ipswich is not an obvious choice!) and the fee of £5m that I've seen banded about plus having Griffith to come back in may help soften the blow of his loss. Similarly, if TM prefers Wallace and Swift to him or only sees him playing when Johnston isnt, then I can understand Grant's frustration.

The issue is that we are trying to rebuild so you would have thought the aim would be to retain our better players and off load the poorer ones whilst we seek to add younger, quality, ones to the squad. Losing Palmer is far from ideal and if we were to lose Grant as well that would be bad enough but if Fellows departs in addition then -if not actual despair-there will certainly be lots of questions asked by concerned fans. All this rather takes the shine off any new players we may be able to bring in doesn't it?