With Robert Green hovering around the exit door, the main movement in the striker department may surprisingly involve a major arrival rather than departure.
According to Clubcall, the club have not been put off a move for Cardiff City prodigy Cameron Jerome by Bluebirds chairman Sam Hammam's £3.5million price tag, and are set to splash money generated by the sale of Green on the 13-goal hitman.
It is also possible that City would consider selling Dean Ashton if they had a ready-made replacement, but either way it seems unlikely that the club has enough to capture Jerome without selling a major asset.