Tranmere boss Les Parry has revealed that Town have increased their compensation offer for out-of-contract left-back Aaron Cresswell, but are still short of the League One’s side’s valuation. Yesterday, TWTD revealed that the Blues had won the race to sign the 21-year-old, who could put pen to paper on what we understand is a three-year deal at Portman Road as soon as today.

Parry says Rovers are resigned to losing Cresswell: “Aaron is out of contract with as from July 1st, so he can do what he wants. He can go and sign for another club.

“Obviously there will be a compensation fee involved but he does not need to come back to us now. It’s completely up to him.

“We have declined compensation offers from two Championship clubs for Aaron and Ipswich have just increased theirs. But it is still a long way short of what we expect.

“He can go there if he wants to and they would just go to a tribunal for the compensation fee. The other possibility is he would go abroad and then we would get nothing.”

The compensation is due because the Liverpudlian is under 24 years of age with a new offer having been on the table at Tranmere.

Cresswell made 71 starts and nine sub appearances for Rovers, scoring six goals, having come through the youth system at Prenton Park.

A set piece specialist and a tough-tackler, the 5ft 7in tall full-back likes to get forward and also played on the left of midfield when progressing through the ranks at Tranmere.

Meanwhile, new signing Nathan Ellington is looking forward to getting his Town career under way, with pre-season training at Playford Road beginning this morning. The 29-year-old frontman tweeted last night: “Day one at Ipswich tomorrow, can't wait to get started! Whoo hoooo! Football season again: gotta love it!”

Elsewhere, exiting striker Connor Wickham has tweeted his thanks to all at Portman Road having completed his move to Sunderland earlier in the week: “Thank you to everybody who has supported my move to Sunderland. I’m sad to leave such a great club, and want to thank every involved at ITFC.”

The 18-year-old is now off on holiday having spent much of the summer with the England U21 squad at the UEFA European Championship in Denmark.

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hmhb added 08:34 - Jul 1 hey, am i the first to comment?
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MartinS added 08:34 - Jul 1 I hope this gets completed asap, minimise the risk of another club stealing in for him. Seems like an ideal signing, will be given immediate chances in the first team and can make the spot his own if he does well. Hopefully he will have competition from Joe Whight as well.
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PorkChopras added 08:37 - Jul 1 Sign him and go to tribunal, they aboviously want near a million for him!
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ITFC1812 added 08:40 - Jul 1 Just what I was thinking PorkChopras. Perfect Suffolk day to start pre-season training, enjoy it Nathan!
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jas0999 added 08:42 - Jul 1 let's hope this is sorted soon. Good player - don't want to lose him as well as some of our other apparent targets!
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cromwellblue added 08:44 - Jul 1 So, Kennedy, O'connor, Whight and now possibly Creswell for LB. Someones leaving. Now a RB please.
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Redmond added 08:48 - Jul 1 What bull. They are just p'eed off they are losing a good player
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JohnTy added 08:50 - Jul 1 Interesting headline. The papers on the Wirral and in Liverpool are each running the same story - and they indicate that they expect him to sign for Ipswich today.
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Bergholtblue added 08:52 - Jul 1 Sign him up quick and worry about the compensation later.
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Pessimistic added 08:54 - Jul 1 Let us hope so. I originate from Liverpool and know these local rags quite well. They are normally quite accurate I might add.
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radiogaga added 08:55 - Jul 1 Must be good news, Whoppit isn't moaning yet! Haha
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radiogaga added 08:56 - Jul 1 Thank goodness it's not Richard Cresswell!
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brittaniaman added 09:04 - Jul 1 HURRY UP BEFORE LEICESTER GET HIM !!!!!!! They seem to be chasing every one who become available ???????? Same old Sven ???? Mind you it is a wonder QPR hasnt stepped in
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Flip added 09:10 - Jul 1 That'll be LB sorted n well covered, now RB how's about greg halford? Then a creative midfielder ie koumas or due to their financial state at cardiff peter whittingham?? Then another striker to replace wickham
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clive_baker added 09:36 - Jul 1 We can still sign him and agree compo at a later date. Infact, i would suspect we have got him already it's just a case of seeing if Tranmere want to settle it out of court. He is free to sign today which i expect he will. We'll probably negotiate over the next week or so in terms of compo. Failing that, it'll go to court.
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DiamondGezzer added 10:49 - Jul 1 Flip :- I like the sound of Whittingham, rumour has it we were looking at Koumas already.
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robdaful added 11:54 - Jul 1 We could get him cheaper at a tribunal.
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