Today, however, he has been linked with a move away, but to another Championship club with Billy Davies keen to take him to Nottingham Forest as he looks to build on a season that saw them reach the play offs before losing to Blackpool in the semi-final.
Eagles has one year remaining on his contract at Turf Moor and so Forest would have to make a sizeable offer if we were to consider allowing him to move on to a club who could well be one of our promotion rivals next season.