Town Still Working Through Kourouma Red Tape - Ipswich Town News
Town are still to wade through the red tape which is preventing French midfielder Cheick Kourouma from signing for the club. The 20-year-old French-Guinean, who was in the starting line-up at Luton on Saturday, has agreed terms having impressed in a trial at the end of last season but has so far been unable to put pen to paper.
Town have to speak to every club he has been with since he was 12 years old to get agreements in place regarding development compensation as he is below 23 years of age, although no cash is likely to actually be paid.
As a schoolboy Kourouma was with French sides CO Vincennes, ASBR Football, Dijon FCO and US Torcy and Sochaux, who he joined at 15, before he moved on to Spanish club Real Zaragoza and Italians Genoa. The Blues are working their way through the list.
The club has to be careful to get these issues resolved in case one of the clubs comes chasing compensation in the future.
Jewell is hopeful that they will get there in the end: "We’ll try and sign Cheick if we can, but there’s a lot of paperwork to get through.”
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