Ipswich Town have reportedly made a new £10m bid for an “incredible” player who wants to join the club, with a response already received.
The Tractor Boys are preparing for their long-waited return to the Premier League, as a hugely exciting period in the club’s history continues. Kieran McKenna has worked wonders as manager, masterminding successive promotions from League One and the Championship, and it is going to be fascinating to see how his eye-catching brand of football fares in the top flight.
It was always clear that new signings would be needed this summer, in order to handle the significant jump up in quality, and some important business has been completed. Big-money moves for Omari Hutchinson and Jacobs Greaves have been sorted, with the winger and centre-back arriving from Chelsea and Hull City respectively, and Manchester City striker Liam Delap has also come in on a permanent deal.
Ipswich fans will be hoping that the club’s summer spending is far from over, however, and Burnley attacker Wilson Odobert has been linked with a move to Portman Road. He is being looked at as a possible replacement for Nathan Broadhead, who is likely to miss a lengthy spell of action with a hamstring injury.
Another report has claimed that the Tractor Boys are leading the race to sign highly-rated Birmingham City midfielder Jordan James, who at only 20 years of age, made 42 appearances in the Championship last season.
Excitement levels in this part of the world have recently hit profound levels as boyhood U’s fan Des Buckingham prepares his side for the forthcoming campaign.
Oxford were unfancied by many to prevail at Wembley Stadium on May 18th against Bolton Wanderers in the League One Play-Off Final, but Buckingham’s men silenced the doubters through a Josh Murphy double, and will be hoping that the same mentality stands them in good stead as the Championship awaits.
With the first game of the competitive campaign on the horizon, Football League World looks at the potential scenarios which would put the Kassam Stadium faithful into further dreamland across the month of August.
The first of three scenarios which will please the Oxford supporters is if they are eventually successful in their pursuit of Ipswich Town’s Ali Al-Hamadi.
Despite having three centre-forwards already on the books in the form of Mark Harris, Will Goodwin and Ruben Rodrigues, who were responsible for just under a quarter of the club’s 79 goals in the regular third-tier campaign, the addition of Al-Hamadi would further boost Oxford’s potential potency in the Championship after a cameo role in the Tractor Boys’ promotion success.
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