Neither club have confirmed anything, but the Stoke press are suggesting that they have made an offer of £175,000 (the same amount as Burnley paid West Brom for him in March 2005). They also said that his agent Gary Mellor had revealed that O'Connor was on the verge of joining Leicester earlier in the week before they sacked Martin Allen.
O'Connor has been out of the starting line up this season, other than for the Carling Cup tie at Grimsby, and being in the last year of his contract it is said he's keen to move on. Stoke are having problems in their midfield and their local press are suggesting that the signing of Jimmy would bring much needed mobility and stamina to their midfield.
But for now, he's still a Claret, for now there's no new signings, and for now we've not heard a whisper from Fulham (and we don't want to). But we'd better not rule anything out, even though Steve Cotterill is now on his way to Colchester. We'd given things up for dead in January only for us to clinch the signing of Steven Caldwell with just a few minutes to go.