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Jacobs Joins Derby - Ipswich Town News

Northampton winger Michael Jacobs has completed a move to Derby County after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee reported to be £450,000. The Blues, Newcastle, Peterborough, Watford, Bristol City and Charlton Athletic were all also believed to be chasing the 20-year-old, but the Rams always appeared to be the frontrunners.

Jacobs, who impressed for the Cobblers in their 2-1 Carling Cup defeat of Town at Portman Road last season, is out of contract this summer but the League Two side were entitled to compensation due to his youth with both clubs keen to avoid going to a tribunal. He has signed a three-year deal.

Elsewhere, the Blues continue to be linked with former loanee Ricardo Fuller, who we reported was the subject of Town enquiries a month ago. Fuller's Stoke contract was up this summer.

Town’s interest in the 32-year-old Jamaican is not an indication that fellow veteran Jason Scotland is moving on. As we reported on Friday, the Trinidadian is set to put pen to paper on his new one-year deal when he returns to the UK from Trinidad ahead of the start of pre-season training next Thursday. Like skipper Carlos Edwards's new terms, the contract will include the option for a further year.

Elsewhere, another former Town loan man, Argentinian Sixto Peralta, now 33, has joined Chilean side Universidad Católica from Romanian club CFR Cluj.

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