Town have confirmed that Crystal Palace midfielder Jonny Williams has rejoined the Blues on a 93-day loan, as TWTD revealed on Saturday. The Wales international is at Playford Road this morning training with the squad ahead of the trip to South Yorkshire for Tuesday’s game at Sheffield Wednesday.

“I’m delighted to have him back in the squad,” manager Mick McCarthy said. “On the back of four wins, which is great for us, it’s great for us to be getting a player of his quality come in.

“I think one of his concerns when he was deciding where he was going to go - because he had a number of options, as you can imagine - was whether he would play because we’ve been playing well.”

McCarthy says Williams, who was interesting his former Eagles boss Dougie Freedman at Bolton in addition to other Championship clubs, is fit enough to be involved at Hillsborough: "He played against Newcastle [in the Capital One Cup] the other night and got 80 minutes, he's fine."

The Town boss was able to reassure the 20-year-old that he would get games while at Portman Road: “You tell them anything to get them in through the door!

“If you think we’re signing Jonny Williams, as good as he was the last time, and he’s going to be sat warming the bench during his loan spell, that’s not going to happen.

“Everybody saw him last year and it’ll give everybody a lift and a boost. On the back of the results to see him coming in, knowing what quality he is.”

Palace will be entitled to recall Williams at 24 hours' notice after the first 28 days of his loan at Portman Road, as is standard with these deals.

As is often the case when the Blues have two games in quick succession, Williams and the rest of the squad underwent cryotherapy in a portable facility parked in the Playford Road car park prior to training this morning.

This sees them enter a chamber at temperatures down to -130°C for around two minutes while wearing nothing other than shorts, protection against frostbite on their knees and elbows, gloves, goggles and a hat.

The process removes lactic acid and prevents muscle damage, thereby aiding recovery.

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Strider added 09:47 - Sep 29 Massive, didn't think would happen but a huge boost for us.
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itfc1981 added 09:50 - Sep 29 knees and elbows, gloves, goggles and a hat? I would be more worried about other areas.
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pazelle added 09:53 - Sep 29 Stick him on the bench Tuesday - I'm amazed Palace have let him go tbf
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Lukeybluey added 09:54 - Sep 29 Welcome back Joniesta!
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mojo added 09:54 - Sep 29 Quite canny from MM. We have a tough run of fixtures to come, especially away. A bit of extra quality to hopefully keep us in the mix until Christmas. COYB.
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BlueGoonie added 09:54 - Sep 29 Makes us stronger without a doubt, very happy with this and looking forward to seeing the football we play with him, Didz and Bishop in the same side (drool)
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Arthur added 09:58 - Sep 29 "This sees them enter a chamber at temperatures down to -130°C for around two minutes while wearing nothing other than shorts, protection against frostbite on their knees and elbows, gloves, goggles and a hat." That's not a warm welcome!!
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Cr0wman added 09:59 - Sep 29 "Walking in a Williams Wonderland"
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GoldieBlue added 09:59 - Sep 29 This is the strongest squad we have had for a long long time now. Very optimistic about tomorrow night and the rest of the season. Don't think Mick will through him straight in though. Hopefully come on when we're already 3 0 up, and then add a few more himself. COYB
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bigfatjoe87 added 10:01 - Sep 29 I don't think he was around before mcgoldrick got injured do I'll be super excited to see how they get on. Say he'll play in behind the front two with sammon dropping to the bench. Diamond formation in the middle of the park. Uber excited
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CornardBlue added 10:08 - Sep 29 Great news has to play tomorrow.
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muccletonjoe added 10:11 - Sep 29 I would say we have more quality in the squad now than we have had for several seasons.
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Geoff added 10:11 - Sep 29 Welcome back Jonny the playmaker we need just need another striker and we can push on towards the promise land.Well done Mick i did not think this would happen the good times are back.
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Jimmy86 added 10:13 - Sep 29 Welcome back Joniesta!! Gurantee if we did get promoted he would be the first player we'd put in a bid for!! COYB!!!
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joepublic added 10:14 - Sep 29 I take my hat off to all the fans that believed this could happen! I for one, felt he would stay at Palace. Now after so long without much midfield flair we now have it in abundance. There will not be any teams looking forward to facing us now and it has been too long since I felt that! Regarding Bishop it can only do him good to be around such a good player as JW and as others have said to see TB, DMc and JW is the same team will be fun to watch. COYB

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pennblue added 10:29 - Sep 29 Good move for Williams, he does not want to warm a bench he wants to play, and at his age if he is to progress to top 6 Premier League that is exactly what he needs to be doing, learning his trade and playing. Ditto Tyrone Mings.
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Lightningboy added 10:31 - Sep 29 Great news..him and Collison will give the squad a lot more depth..we look well covered in all areas now. Good work Mick,Marcus and all involved.
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Monkey_Blue added 10:31 - Sep 29 Our Midfield options are huge. Just through the middle Williams Tabb Hyam Skuse Bru Collinson Ambrose Bishop And wide midfield Stewart Ambrose Henshall Hunt Tabb Anderson Hewitt Potentially Murphy can play wide left as well.
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BroskiBeen added 10:33 - Sep 29 Really like the look of our squad now! Strong in all areas, I seriously believe we can challenge up the top if everyone stays fit. 2 good signings in about 2 weeks in Collison and Now Jonny Williams to add to our already good squad. MM has pulled a great one out to get him back and with Didz and Joniesta playing in the same team.....wow!
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Surco72 added 10:34 - Sep 29 Well done to all at club for this one , we have depth and so much more creativity in our midfield now with the three recent signings
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 10:48 - Sep 29 Waheeey! You couldn't pass up on the chance to get his creative quality into the team, so well done MM and his back-up team. I reckon he'll start on the bench against Wednesday and come on sometime during the match - sooner rather than later, hopefully. Or just for fun we could field a team comprising solely midfielders from the start.
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irishtim added 10:53 - Sep 29 Brilliant. A top two finish may be possible. If we go up jonny may decide to stay.
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Len_Brennan added 11:01 - Sep 29 Great news. A quality player who has already shown us that he has a good attitude, he will be quite an asset. Defensively we are very strong & now we definitely have the options in midfield to complete with the better sides in the Championship. Well done to Mick & Marcus Evans for getting thsin deal done. I am conscious of the fact that Williams, Collison & Ambrose are all here on short term deals, but I'm sure that can be looked at come Christmas if we are still top 6 contenders -which I am more positive about now than I was 2 months ago. We are probably short a striker, in terms of having a full squad. Bajner has not impressed and Sammon is not a real 'goal-getter'. An injury to McGoldrick or Murphy would leave us exposed. Mick will probably play Joniesta in an advanced role almost as a 3rd forward behind McGoldrick & Murphy, or possibly with just one up front and JW behind for tougher, more cautious away games, but even still I would like to see another striker in. We have the space with Nouble & Marriott both gone. We are in with a real chance of finishing in the top 6 this season. GET IN.

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TimmyH added 11:03 - Sep 29 Yep very good news.
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Simonds92 added 11:04 - Sep 29 Crazy how good our squad is starting to look with quite easily one of the best back four's in the league, people talking about McGoldrick and Murphy being a very good partnership and now we've got seemingly endless options in midfield which as yet hasn't involved Stewart who was an exciting signing for most of us in the summer. Don't want to get too carried away but it's hard not to after almost 10years of mid table, surely we've got a real chance now?!

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