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Millwall Targeting Town Pair - Ipswich Town News

Millwall boss Kenny Jackett says he could be interested in signing current loanee Liam Trotter and his Blues team-mate Kevin Lisbie in the summer. Trotter has been a key man in Millwall’s push up League One in the second half of the season, while the Lions were amongst the clubs chasing Lisbie, who is currently on loan at Colchester, during the January transfer window.

Jackett says he would like Trotter to stay at the Den beyond the end of his loan spell: "Liam’s made a good impression. I would like to see him here next season. He has done well, as have our other loan players, Shaun Batt and Jon Obika.

"Liam is a young player looking for a chance to show what he can do and we have given him that platform.”

Trotter, 21, is out of contract this summer and appears likely to move on with his chances having been limited at Portman Road since he lost his place in the side in October. In January he rejoined Millwall — who he was previously on loan with in 2006 - for the remainder of the season and has helped them to second in League One.

Lisbie has another year on his contract with Town but appears unlikely to play for the club again. Prior to the January transfer window boss Roy Keane revealed that the Blues had received interest in the striker from various clubs with Southampton amongst those targeting the 31-year-old, the Saints eventually opting to sign Southend’s Lee Barnard instead.

Jackett says the London-based former Jamaica international is on his list of summer options: "We will have to see what happens with Kevin Lisbie.

"My scouts are looking at the market for me and we need to know who is out of contract and available. We contacted Ipswich when we had a lot of players out injured, but since then others have come in or come back and got fit.”

Meanwhile, Newcastle have announced that they have sold out of tickets for Town’s final away game of the season at St James’ Park on April 24th. The already-promoted Magpies hope that the match will see them break their own record Championship attendance of 49,644 set when the played Middlesbrough earlier in the season.

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