Two Target Meekings - Ipswich Town News
TWTD understands that released academy central defender Josh Meekings is interesting League Two Torquay United and SPL side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The Bury St Edmunds-born 18-year-old was told his time with Town was up a fortnight ago, along with fellow second-year scholar Rory McKeown, a Northern Ireland U19 international defender.
Caley Thistle are managed by Blues legend Terry Butcher, formerly the central defensive partner of Meekings’s Town U18s coach Russell Osman.
Blues striker Ronan Murray, who has been offered a new one-year deal by boss Paul Jewell, is on loan with the Gulls until the end of the season.
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