Trialist Jakupović Impressing - Ipswich Town News
Trialist keeper Eldin Jakupović has impressed boss Paul Jewell since joining up with the Blues for pre-season. The 27-year-old Bosnian-born former Swiss international is a free agent having left Greek club Aris, one of Town’s 1981 UEFA Cup opponents, at the end of last season.
Jewell said: "We’ve got a lad on trial, who has looked good. I know Hull City were very keen on him last season and they offered him a deal, then the manager changed, and that changed.”
The Blues boss says that even if Jakupović does enough to win a deal, he may continue to look for another keeper: "We’re having a look at him for the week, but we’ve also got two or three other targets that even if that happens we might pursue.”
Jewell insists, however, that the club’s only current senior keeper, Arran Lee-Barrett, won’t be forgotten: "If this lad does well, he might be one.
"But that doesn’t mean that Arran Lee-Barrett’s out of the picture. It’s a case of seeing how this one does. But we have got one or two on the back burner.”
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