Watford keeper Scott Loach says it would be a dream to play for Town one day. The 23-year-old was a schoolboy with the Blues academy between 1997 and 2000 before his family moved back to Nottingham where he had been born.

Asked on Twitter whether he’d consider a move back, the England U21 international responded: “Boyhood team, would be a dream to play there one day. So that's all I can say.”

While the 6ft 1in tall glovesman, whose early days with Town can be seen in a short film here, was probably making a more general point rather than issuing an immediate come and get me plea, he could well be amongst the keepers targeted by the Blues if, as expected, Márton Fülöp moves on this summer, Turkish side Bursaspor having made their interest known.

Later, Loach clarified his comment: "Guys, let's clear this up. [I] only said I'd like to play for a team I support one day. Just like I'm sure anyone would."

Loach, who moved to Suffolk with his family as a four-year-old, is contracted to the Hornets until 2013, having become established as their number one after loan spells at Stafford Rangers, Morecambe and Bradford earlier in his career.

Elsewhere, former Town defender Alex Bruce is set to swap international allegiance from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland. Bruce’s two full caps came in friendlies so he is entitled to make the switch with a FIFA ruling in 2007 giving players who qualify for either nation the choice on who they represent.

Bruce's Irish grandmother is the basis for his qualification for both countries having been born in Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland.

Photo: Action Images

Mungo added 13:07 - Jun 16 I seem to remember Watford wanted £3m+ for him in January, so would be out of our price range as things stand...
0

petieboy2011 added 13:22 - Jun 16 I wonder who asked him/prompted him to tweet that anyway?! Agreed he is a quality keeper and would be a great replacement should Fulop leave. Like others have stated though, I think Watford would be hard to persuade to part with him - but if you dont ask you dont know!
0

kipper added 13:23 - Jun 16 Rumour is that our first game of the season will be at home to Watford so would be interesting if we could pull this one off. Other opening day games West Ham v Barnsley and Birmingham v Millwall (only rumours though). Sky sports also reporting that we are close to signing Nathan Ellington on a free.
0

tractor_boy_varnz added 15:18 - Jun 16 would be an awesome signing and an Ipswich fan!!! i reckon will be available for 1-2 million so defo worth putting in an offer and seeing if he hands in a transfer request!
0

Ipswich24 added 15:34 - Jun 16 Would love him to be number 1 but Westwood we should go all out for on a free and sell him the fact he will be number one here for many years. Also I have suspicion Mike Pollitt may be our keeper next season
0

brian_a_mul added 15:54 - Jun 16 Westwood is off to Sunderland I think. He is a premier quality keeper and deserves his chance in top flight.
0

riley26 added 15:55 - Jun 16 If Mackay is off to Cardiff to speak about the managers job then now could be a good time to tempt a few players from the hornets. They have some quality players there.
0

kingy4978 added 16:03 - Jun 16 Offer Watford Priskin and Scotland in a swap deal for him.
0

CaptainWoodsy added 16:03 - Jun 16 @petieboy, that was me who asked him/got the response.
0

ITFC4daprem added 16:58 - Jun 16 would be a great buy
0

Infineteregress added 17:49 - Jun 16 Hopefully Fulop will stay put but if not I'd marginally prefer Lonegran as the new keeps owing to his size and experience. Having said that Loach is, without a doubt, a decent young keeper and if he really wants to come back to PR then all the better. After some of last seasons performances it's obvious the team could do with a few players who have an emotional investment in the club.

0

jas0999 added 18:02 - Jun 16 Great keeper. BUT unlikely to join us any time soon.
0

Lovetown added 18:08 - Jun 16 Arrr yes we deffo need a good keeper! Plus he's young so would be a good investement hopefully! Fulop is crap he's completly past his best days, and to get into the PL we need a good, authoritative, strong keeper who is logical and is calm under pressure! Get that sell ALB and fulop and then we need a sub keeper would of said Murphy but he's hot foot it.
0

StochesStotasBlewe added 18:48 - Jun 16 Scott Loach??? Billy the Fish??? Theres a piscine connection going on here. Viz want 20 quid for him with Roger Mellie thrown in as well.
0

theblueginger added 21:09 - Jun 16 Yes please! This will at least make up for losing fulop.
0

loyalblue1994 added 21:27 - Jun 16 sign him up!
0

itfcjc added 23:03 - Jun 17 A dream to play for us Even clegg can't muck this one up Sign him up
0

tellitasiseeit added 09:31 - Jun 18 We already have a great up and coming prospect goalkeeper at Town. Cody Cropper His first year as a pro starts this month so keep an eye on him.He is USA under 20s first team goalkeeper ,So must be a good prospect for Town. things are being kept very quiet about this young man at Town. I wonder why?
0

JeordieX added 12:44 - Jun 18 What's Barry Ferguson up to these days? Birmingham still want him? He was a youth at Ipswich once upon a time, sign him too!
0

Blogs 297 bloggers

Ipswich Town Polls