Striker Ronan Murray and midfielder Luke Hyam have signed their new one-year deals with the Blues. The 19-year-old pair were amongst the legion of players whose current terms are up this summer.
Murray, who was recalled from a loan spell at Torquay over the weekend, and Hyam put pen to paper this afternoon.
Hyam said: "I am obviously delighted to have been handed a new contract and now I’ve got to get my head down and try and impress the manager.
"It’s been an up and down year for me, with playing games at the start of the season and then getting the red card at Reading and then tearing my hamstring.
"But I’ve been involved in the squad lately and now I’ve got to push on and show the manager that I’m worth a place in his side next season.”
Murray was similarly looking ahead to next year: "It’s a big year for me next season. I really enjoyed my time at Torquay but I’m an Ipswich Town player and want to play games here.
"The manager has shown he will give young players a chance with Josh Carson playing games and I’ve got to get myself in that situation.”
Ipswich-born Hyam made 11 first team starts and two sub appearances earlier in the season under Roy Keane's management but is yet to feature for Paul Jewell despite having been on the bench in recent weeks.
Republic of Ireland U21 international Murray scored on his first team debut at Exeter in August and has made 11 sub appearances for Town but is yet to start. During just over a month at Torquay, the County Mayo-born frontman scored once in four starts and three sub appearances. Town boss Paul Jewell offered new contracts to six of the club's first and second-year pros and is yet to make decisions on winger Reggie Lambe, who is on loan at Bristol Rovers, and injured midfield duo David Cawley and Jamie Griffiths. Photo: ITFCWhat to read next:
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