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Keane: Deals Unlikely Until January - Ipswich Town News

Town manager Roy Keane says there are unlikely to be any additions to his squad before January and that includes Senegalese defender Ibrahima Faye. The Blues boss says that the paperwork relating to the move to sign the recent trialist is holding up that deal, although he hints at the outside possibility of a loan defender joining the club before the new year.

Keane said: "I don’t imagine any players will be coming into the club before January. I’d be very surprised.

"If there’s any movement before the deadline [on November 26th] it will be players going out on loan, but I can’t see any players coming in.”

Keane says that the move to sign the free agent trialist he revealed last week is still ongoing and that the player is interested in joining the Blues: "We’re keen on the boy, we think he’s a decent player but there are one or two details with passports and work permits. I wouldn’t bore you with the details.

"That might drag on for two or three weeks and in that time we might have some more defenders back, and as much as I’m saying I’d be surprised if another player comes in, we’re still waiting on feedback from one club about a defender and if that was to happen then we maybe might follow up with the deal.

"I want to be careful about getting the balance of the squad right and, as much as the boys who came in [on trial] last week were good players, we’ve also got one or two lads coming back from injury as well and I don’t want to overload the squad.”

Keane says that Icelandic U19 international strike pair Pape Mamadou Faye and Ragnar Leosson have returned home after their spells with the club: "They’ve gone back, but we’re keeping an eye on them. Sometimes they come over on trial and you don’t make a decision after a few days. Maybe they’ll come back again.”

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