Stuart Pearce remains hopeful Shaun Wright-Phillips will soon be able to rejoin Manchester City.
Pearce, whose side slumped alarmingly in the last third of the season, is keen to take him back to Manchester but knows he cannot afford to buy him back.
He said: "We would love to get him in but it has been well documented that financially we couldn't get anywhere near Shaun's valuation, but if Chelsea are looking to put him somewhere on loan for the season we would be in the mix for that."