Speaking to the Official Club Website, former Everton boss Royle said: "I have been asking about bringing in players on loan now for a while.
"Scowcroft is one that I have asked about and unfortunately our enquiry has come out when I rather it hadn't.
"He's a player that I have admired for a long time and I asked Ipswich about him when I was at Manchester City.
"But we are not desperate to bring anyone in, we are top scorers at home and away in the Championship so we are not exactly struggling to score goals."