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Ipswich Town winger Jaden Philogene was content to let his boots do the talking as his latest spectacular goal kept them firmly in the Championship play-off picture.
Philogene curled the ball perfectly into the far corner after it was played into his path by Marcelino Nunez, his seventh goal of the campaign, and that was enough to secure a 1-0 home win over Stoke City.
“It’s probably my third or
It took just under two minutes for Ipswich to build on their most recent victory – Saturday’s 3-0 success against leaders Coventry.
Philogene cut inside from the left and exchanged a one-two with Marcelino Nunez before curling a beautiful shot past the stranded Viktor Johansson.
Stoke tried to respond immediately and a corner was nodded across the goal, but Steven Nzonzi and Lamine Cisse got in each other’s way, with
“It just shows they’re passionate, that they care. But hopefully somebody got the two of them together in the dressing room fairly soon afterwards because they didn’t go towards each other at full-time, they kept their distance, there was still a little bit of an undercurrent afterwards.”
Graeme Mac, John Wark and Brenner Woolley dissect the in-game argument between Town midfielders Azor Matusiwa and Jaden Philogene during the draw with
Jacob Greaves was suspended for the visit of Pompey for the red card he received in the abandoned game against Blackburn.
His ban remains intact, despite the English Football League ordering that last week’s match be replayed in full after it was halted in the 79th minute when Blackburn were 1-0 up against the 10 men of Ipswich.
Pompey boss John Mousinho, meanwhile, overhauled his side with five changes for
Ipswich Town have agreed a £20m deal to sign Aston Villa winger Jaden Philogene.
The 22-year-old is due for a medical at Portman Road, which will end his brief six-month return to Villa Park.
Philogene also had European interest, including from La Liga, but Ipswich are due to finally end their pursuit of the England Under-21 international, with boss Kieran McKenna’s influence proving crucial.
Ipswich agreed a fee of about
Hull winger Jaden Philogene is expected to re-join Aston Villa after their late move for the England Under-21 star.
The 22-year-old is flying back from Hull’s pre-season training base in Turkey and should finalise a move over the weekend.
He is due to sign a five-year deal after less than 12 months away from Villa Park.
Villa made a late move to hijack Ipswich’s bid to sign Philogene after the
Everton have reached an agreement with Hull over the signing of winger Jaden Philogene for a reported £16m.
The Toffees had expressed an interest in signing the 22-year-old last month and are now looking like frontrunners for the in-demand Englishman.
It is believed the player is keen on a move to Goodison Park, having scored 12 goals in 33 games for the Tigers last season.
Newly promoted Ipswich had been