Joe admits Skipper may look for loan move

Magilton keen on loan?

Magilton, who is 36, will leave the club he is currently captain of in the summer, when his contract will not be renewed and it has emerged that he may fill the time between now and the end of the season out on loan.

Last week Magilton's name was linked with both Nottingham Forest and former club, Sheffield Wednesday but Joe Royle, speaking to the East Anglian Daily Times, said: “We have heard nothing from those two clubs regarding Jim. If something did come up then we would do what is right for Jim. If something appealed and he wanted to go out then we would not stand in his way.

“Equally, we are not pushing Jim out of this club in any shape. He is still our skipper and as we have seen at Crewe and Wolves in the past week, can still offer us a great deal.”

Magilton has been short on first-team football since Christmas, with the emergence of Owen Garvan in the Town side and last week requested to play 60 minutes for the Reserves. Tonight Steve McCall's side take on Coventry at Portman Road, with a 7pm kick-off and Magilton will again feature.