Ingimarsson Set to Join Chopra at Town - Ipswich Town News
Released Reading central defender Ivar Ingimarsson looks set to join today’s new signing Michael Chopra at Portman Road later this summer.
The 33-year-old is now believed to be back home in Iceland on holiday but we understand a deal is likely to be completed on his return later in the month or in July when his Royals contract officially comes to an end, having been at Portman Road for talks and to undergo a medical on Wednesday, not Thursday as we previously reported.
Capped 30 times by his country, Ingimarsson began his career in his home country with Valur and IBV before joining Torquay United on loan in October 1999.
A £200,000 switch to Brentford followed a month later, then in July 2002, having been linked with George Burley's Blues, the 6ft ½in tall defender joined Wolves on a free transfer but made little impact at Molineux before moving on to Reading for £175,000 in October 2003.
Since then Ingimarsson, a close friend of former Blue Hermann Hreidarsson, has been a hugely influential figure at the Madejski Stadium, making 276 starts and five sub appearances, scoring 12 goals and also captaining the side. Injuries, however, limited his involvement to 13 starts and one appearance from the bench during 2010/11.
Town are also understood to have made an offer for Preston’s Irish international Sean St Ledger and have been linked with Bournemouth’s Jason Pearce with Paul Jewell likely to be looking for two central defenders this summer to replace the exiting Gareth McAuley and his deputy Troy Brown, while youngster Tom Eastman has also left the club.
Jewell and chief executive Simon Clegg are continuing to talk to a number of potential additions and it may well be that there could be further signings before the completion of Ingimarsson’s move.
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