Town have confirmed that former loanee Alex Henshall has joined the club on a permanent basis, as first revealed by TWTD yesterday. The 20-year-old winger, who was on loan at Portman Road late last season, has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third season following his release by Manchester City.

Henshall spent time on trial with Town before signing on loan for the remainder of the 2013/14 season at the end of March.

The 5ft 10 in tall England U16 and U17 international was a first-team substitute on a number of occasions but without making it onto the field.

However, he impressed manager Mick McCarthy enough in training and in the U21s to be offered terms, while we understand that there was also interest from lower-ranked Premier League clubs.

Born in Swindon, left-sided wide man Henshall was a youth player with his hometown club but moved to Manchester City when 16 in the summer of 2010 having been on the Robins’ first-team bench twice. A number of other Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, also showed interest at that time.

He spent time on loan at Chesterfield making one start and six sub appearances during 2012/13 and made another league start, in which he scored his first senior goal, and another appearance from the bench while on loan at Bristol Rovers earlier in the 2013/14 campaign.

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trumpy added 14:25 - Jun 27 Left or right winger?
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jas0999 added 14:27 - Jun 27 A good signing. I know we haven't seen too much of him, but he's young and the type of player we need. A free transfer on a two year deal could be good business. Mick and Terry have clearly been impressed. Question is whether he is ready for the first team.
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Michael11 added 14:36 - Jun 27 Welcome aboard Alex. Let's hope he can be the pacey creative winger that we've all been craving for so long!
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PhilTWTD added 14:49 - Jun 27 Left, I'll add that to the story.
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brassy added 14:51 - Jun 27 good signing one for the future COYB.
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muccletonjoe added 15:00 - Jun 27 I guess time will tell if he is good signing or not , the potential is certainly there , I have never seen him play but look forward to seeing him pre - season
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Jeff_winger added 16:47 - Jun 27 Hes stretching the nice new ADIDAS shirt
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Mark added 18:13 - Jun 27 Excellent news, welcome Alex. It would be a big boost to have a young winger break into the side.
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:40 - Jun 28 good to see a winger being signed,never seen him play, but i trust Mick's judgment. Welcome to Town Alex.
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