TOP scouts will descend on Portman Road tonight to see Ipswich Town against Reading, and Blues boss Joe Royle said: "They'll be like vultures trying to see what they can pick up.

By Dave Allard

TOP scouts will descend on Portman Road tonight to see Ipswich Town against Reading, and Blues boss Joe Royle said: "They'll be like vultures trying to see what they can pick up."

Everton boss David Moyes is likely to again be looking at Town's 16-goal top marksman Darren Bent, the 19-year-old England Under-21 international.

The Merseysider's, who are chasing a UEFA Cup place, have been monitoring Bent for some time and Moyes has been a visitor himself at many Ipswich matches.

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