Cobblers hold preliminary talks with Charlton loanee Terry Taylor over potential permanent move

The 24-year-old midfielder first joined Town on loan from the Addicks last January and so impressive was his form in the second half of the season that the club made him one of their main transfer targets in the summer.

Injury delayed his return to Sixfields but he eventually rejoined Cobblers on a season-long loan in August, and he’s started all of the last 22 league games, again standing out as one of the club’s best players this season.

That has led to many supporters calling on the club to sign Taylor permanently, especially as he is out of contract at Charlton in the summer, and manager Kevin Nolan admits, in an ideal world, he would love to do just that.

He said: "There’s been a few preliminary discussions and we have asked Terry whether he would like to stay. He’s enjoying himself and he’d like to continue here but obviously Charlton want a fee for him. Are we going to pay that fee when we has five months left on his contract? Probably not.

"Is there a deal to be done with Charlton? We don’t know. But at this moment in time, our focus is on what we can bring into the club and it’s not so much about the people we already have here.

"But those discussions will probably happen in February because we have a lot of lads who are out of contract in the summer and we’ll start thinking and talking about contract negotiations. Terry is probably be one we will talk about, especially as he’s been with us and with me for a year now, and I’m hoping it is something we could get done.”

Taylor himself was asked about the possibility of moving to Cobblers permanently after Saturday’s defeat to Wycombe, saying: "I'm sure conversations are going to be had about that and there's still a couple of weeks left of the window. I'm really enjoying myself here so we'll see what happens."