It looks like Jason Wilcox is once again going to use his Manchester City contacts and another academy youngster from the Etihad could well be making St Mary's his home, but this one has experience.

The man in question who according to insidefutbol.com could be signing on the dotted line on Thursday is central defender Taylor Harwood Bellis.

The 21 year old was mentioned as a Saints target earlier in the summer, but the trail went quiet, but it seems that it could be now about to happen.

Haywood Bllis who will turn 22 in January has a bit more experience than most of those we have signed from City, he has had several loan moves including Blackburn, Anderlecht, Stoke and last season Burnley where he made 32 appearances in their promotion winning side.

In total he has played 73 games in the Championship plus 16 in the Jupilo League In Belgium, at City he is yet to make a League appearances, but he has played several games in various cup competitions.

Saints apparently contacted City today (Wednesday) and are hoping to get the deal done on Thursday.

Presumably if Haywood-Bllis is signed it would spell the end of our interest in Nathan Wood at Russell Martin's old club Swansea City.

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felly1 added 20:41 - Aug 30 Hope this happens.. Swansea wanting 12 million for a Championship defender was a ridiculously high amount, even 10m seemed too much and I was convinced we were about to pay way over the odds. This guy may end up costing us more but he has a much better pedigree.. Bring it on Wilcox
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kenchilds70 added 20:46 - Aug 30 Is there a disease in Merseyside....the land of broken promise..... unsettle a player then leave them high and dry. Must be a scouse thing, Id make sulemanna a hard £30mill no deals straight three x 10 mill payyments.
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davenbennett added 20:57 - Aug 30 Hope we get him over the line. Playing for Champions Burnley last season must have given him great grounding in our keague. Want to keep B-K, but he wants out. Brought for £10m, so good profit on an Injury prone player. Hope got a good sell on clause.
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Bowlercow added 21:27 - Aug 30 Tasty this one If it means we drop our interest in Woods so be it Let's get the Che will he stay saga sorted but it is interesting to hear that even if he stays we may still bring in an additional striker or two
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highfield49 added 09:05 - Aug 31 Really hoping this loan move for Harwood-Bellis gets done today. Absolutely the right pedigree and provides real competition for central defence. In recent years our defensive acquisitions have cost a lot of money and few have been a success. Now we could have Holgate and Harwood-Bellis on loan with the possibility of signing one or both of them permanently if we get promoted. Potentially great business and could also leave Swansea wishing that they had been less greedy over the Nathan Wood saga. Jason Wilcox is a huge breath of fresh air in our transfer negotiations.

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davidargyll added 09:05 - Aug 31 At least get his name right…!
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AgrellaSFC added 13:10 - Aug 31 Great bit of business. On paper our defence is solid for championship standards. Let's hope RM can teach the team to stay focused after scoring a goal instead of conceding immediately. UTS and good luck to all those travelling up north.
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