Tag: Ipswich

17 August 2024 Off

Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool: How Arne Slot’s Liverpool machine kicked into gear

By Total Football News

Salah marked his first competitive game under Slot with one goal and one assist.

In a lively performance, the 32-year-old registered four attempts in total, three on target.

Salah is now the outright leader for goals (9) and goal involvements (14 – also 5 assists) on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

It is only four months since Salah was involved in a very public spat with Jurgen

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16 August 2024 Off

Ipswich Town sign Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn and Kalvin Phillips from Manchester City

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Ipswich have signed Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn Rovers and Kalvin Phillips from Manchester City on the eve of their return to the Premier League.

Szmodics, the Championship’s top scorer last season with 27 goals, joins the Tractor Boys on a four-year deal after a fee of £9m plus add-on bonuses was agreed.

England midfielder Phillips, 28, has been signed on a season-long loan.

Ipswich make their top-flight return, after a

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16 August 2024 Off

Sammie Szmodics: Ipswich agree fee for Blackburn striker ahead of Premier League return

By Total Football News

Blackburn have accepted an offer from Ipswich for forward Sammie Szmodics that could rise to about £11m.

The clubs have been in talks for over six weeks and have made a breakthrough after prolonged negotiations.

Ipswich had multiple bids rejected for last season’s 27-goal Championship top scorer, but BBC Sport understands Szmodics is now due for a medical in Suffolk after a fee of £9m plus add-on bonuses was agreed.

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15 August 2024 Off

Ipswich Town: Ed Sheeran acquires minority stake in Premier League club

By Total Football News

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has acquired a minority stake in Premier League club Ipswich Town.

Sheeran, who is a lifelong fan of the Tractor Boys, has bought a 1.4% stake in the newly promoted side.

Ipswich say Sheeran will have long-term use of an executive box at their Portman Road home, but will not join the club’s board as his investment is only “passive and minority”.

Sheeran, who has been Town’s

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15 August 2024 Off

Kalvin Phillips: Ipswich set to sign Man City midfielder on season-long loan

By Total Football News

Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips is set to join newly promoted Ipswich Town on loan for the season.

Phillips has failed to break into the City starting side since his £45m move from Leeds two years ago.

He joined West Ham on loan for the second half of last season in an effort to secure an England spot for Euro 2024 but a combination of poor form and injury wrecked

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1 August 2024 Off

Conor Townsend: Ipswich Town sign West Brom defender for £750,000

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Premier League newcomers Ipswich Town have signed Conor Townsend for £750,000 from Championship club West Bromwich Albion.

Full-back Townsend, 31, has signed a two-year contract with Ipswich, who start their first season back in the Premier League since 2002 at home to Liverpool on 17 August.

“To play in the Premier League again is a big challenge for me and this kind of opportunity doesn’t come around very often so

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22 July 2024 Off

Vaclav Hladky: Burnley sign former Ipswich Town goalkeeper

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Burnley have signed Czech goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky on a two-year deal after he left newly promoted Ipswich Town earlier this summer.

The 33-year-old had been offered a new contract with the Tractor Boys, having helped them win promotion to the Premier League last season.

Whilst with Ipswich, Hladky won successive promotions and made a total of 71 appearances in all competitions between 2021 and 2024.

“I’ve heard a lot of

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12 July 2024 Off

Jacob Greaves: Ipswich Town sign Hull City defender for undisclosed fee

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Ipswich Town have completed the signing of Hull City centre-back Jacob Greaves on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old was named the Tigers’ player of the season last term after Hull finished a place outside the Championship play-off spots.

Greaves, whose debut for Hull came in 2020, made 43 league appearances and scored twice as he was named in the EFL Championship team of the season.

“As

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10 July 2024 Off

Idris El Mizouni: Oxford United sign Ipswich Town midfielder

By Total Football News

“Idris brings a lot of qualities that fit into the profile we were looking for to continue developing the dynamic of our midfield,” Oxford head coach Des Buckingham told the club website., external

“He has shown over the last few seasons his strong attributes that will allow us to play different ways while being another young player with huge further potential.”

Head of recruitment Ed Waldron added: “Idris played

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