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Boateng Signs for Forest - Ipswich Town News

Veteran midfielder George Boateng, who recently spent three days training with the Blues, has signed a one-year deal with Nottingham Forest. The 35-year-old trained with Forest, who are managed by his old Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren, after his spell with Town.

Boateng confirmed the news via his Twitter account: "Today I am so pleased to say that I am going to play for Nottingham Forest for the season and I am so happy to be back in English football."

Speaking after yesterday's 2-2 draw at Cambridge United, Town manager Paul Jewell hinted that he had other targets in mind for the holding midfield role with Guy Moussi and now Boateng both signing on at the City Ground: "George trained with us for three days. He just came in and trained with us and he did OK.

"We are after another midfield player that we’ve spoken about for a while. We know we need a centre-half, a midfield player, and we’re looking for another striker and another winger, so that tells you that we want competition for places in the team. We know that we’ve got to get better.”

Meanwhile, Belgian international midfielder Faris Haroun, linked with the Blues earlier in the summer, is believed to be interesting Standard Liege. Haroun is expected to leave his current club Germinal Beerschot this summer as they look to offload their higher earners.

Elsewhere, Leeds boss Simon Grayson has confirmed that he tried to take new Blues midfielder Lee Bowyer back to Elland Road: "We did talk to Lee about the possibility of coming to Leeds but he went to Ipswich for family and geographical reasons.”

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