NOTTS County want a longer look at St Johnstone striker Craig Beattie.
The 28-year-old spent this week training at Notts before returning north of the border.
And boss Keith Curle plans to chat to his old Man City team-mate and Saints manager Steve Lomas to see if he will let the Scot rejoin Notts on trial.
Curle is eager to sign a striker during the January transfer window because he only has two in Yoann Arquin and Enoch Showunmi now Lee Hughes has left Meadow Lane – and he rates Beattie very highly, having coached him at Crystal Palace.
Curle said: "I tried to bring him here during the summer, because I know what he can do. But he made the decision to stay in Scotland.
"Things have changed slightly now though and he wants to be playing football.
"He's gone there and not had the best of times."
Beattie has only played two games as a sub in the SPL this season because of a long injury and also illness so Curle wants to find out how fit he is before deciding whether to make a bid.
"There is no hiding away from the fact that I want to bring in another centre forward and Craig is someone I've had the opportunity to look at," he added.
"He's short of fitness and match practice because of an injury he picked up when he first joined St Johnstone, so it's a chance for him to show us where he's at physically.
"It was initially for this week, but if I can extend it I will do, but we're mindful he's a St Johnstone player."
Having already signed midfielder Andre Boucaud since the transfer window opened, Curle says he has several more targets.
"I could give you about seven or eight targets we're trying to bring into the club, but we've got a budget to stick to," he said.
