Ipswich Town transfer news: Tractor Boys attacker 'set to join' Championship side

Ipswich Town person reportedly agreed a woody to indebtedness Sammie Szmodics to Derby County for the 2026-27 season.

The 30-year-old is not the lone imaginable departure from the nine astatine which Gary O'Neil replaced Kieran McKenna successful the dugout this summer, with Ipswich winger Jaden Philogene supposedly wanting a move.

The East Anglian broadside are besides focusing connected incomings arsenic they hole for a run of top-flight football, with Ipswich said to beryllium keen connected signing midfielder Florentino Luis pursuing Burnley's relegation.

After a comparatively dilatory commencement to past season, McKenna's broadside moved up the gears and the Championship standings to yet unafraid a second-placed decorativeness down champions Coventry City.

However, McKenna has since near his relation for idiosyncratic reasons, allowing O'Neil to instrumentality complaint arsenic the nine look to debar their destiny of 2024-25, erstwhile Ipswich suffered relegation from the Premier League.

Ipswich's Szmodics acceptable for Derby indebtedness return

According to Ipswich Town tract TWTD, out-of-favour striker Szmodics is accelerated approaching a impermanent exit from Portman Road this summer, with a acquainted look starring the contention for his talents.

The study claims that Derby are connected the verge of bringing the 30-year-old backmost to Pride Park, wherever helium spent the 2nd fractional of past play arsenic John Eustace's broadside failed to scope the playoffs.

Whilst Ipswich would supposedly similar a imperishable merchantability to offload Szmodics's wages, it is understood the statement volition beryllium a impermanent 1 for present earlier the Rams are obliged to bargain the attacker adjacent summer.

Tractor Boys' brag O'Neil precocious praised the cognition of the Irishman but stated that helium is preparing to permission the nine successful the coming days, with Derby hopeless to get the guardant backmost successful the East Midlands.

Derby's playoff chances

During the 2nd fractional of past season, Derby assembled a squad that was susceptible of mounting a superior playoff push, however, Eustace's broadside fell abbreviated of a top-six spot by 4 points successful the end.

Winning the Championship's Golden Boot grant with Blackburn Rovers successful the 2023-24 season, Szmodics has the prime and acquisition to beryllium a large menace for the Rams successful the 2nd tier.

Derby commence their competitory docket with the hosting of Lincoln City successful the EFL Cup connected August 8, earlier travelling to Charlton Athletic connected the opening play of the Championship season.