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Bruce\'s Leicester Switch Confirmed - Ipswich Town News

Town have confirmed that central defender Alex Bruce has joined Leicester City on loan until the end of the season, as first revealed on TWTD on Saturday.

Bruce has failed to re-establish a place in the first team after picking up a groin injury in the defeat to Newcastle in late September. The Irish international, 25, had briefly captained the Blues but lost the armband to Jon Walters during his absence.

The former Birmingham man watched Leicester’s 0-0 home draw with Newcastle United on Saturday evening and subsequently met with Foxes officials to discuss the formalities of the move.

In the summer, Bruce signed a new contract aimed at keeping him at Town until 2011.

Meanwhile, striker Kevin Lisbie was training with Colchester United this morning, which suggests Town are yet to receive an offer from anyone else for the 31-year-old.

On Friday, boss Roy Keane said he would make a decision on Lisbie’s future today, however, it seems increasingly likely that the former Jamaica international will continue his spell on loan with the U’s until the end of the season.

Elsewhere, former Blue Marcus Bent has completed his loan move from Birmingham to QPR, who have also signed Town frontman Tamás Priskin on a similar basis.

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