TWTD understands that former Blues midfielder Kieron Dyer will retire from professional football this summer, having been released by Middlesbrough at the end of last season. Dyer, 34, came through the Town academy and went on to play for England, Newcastle, West Ham, QPR and finally Boro during the second half of last season.
Ipswich-born Dyer made his debut as a late sub in a 3-1 home victory over Crystal Palace in December 1996.
He went on to make 104 starts and 13 sub appearances for the Blues, scoring 14 goals, before moving to Newcastle for a fee which eventually rose to £6.5 million in the summer of 1999.
Having been a regular for the England U21s, he broke into the senior side while at St James’s Park and went on to win 33 caps, featuring in the 2002 World Cup as a sub on three occasions and briefly at Euro 2004.
However, Dyer’s career was to be hampered by a succession of injuries which limited his appearances during a four-year spell at West Ham from 2007 to 2011, a short loan stint back at Town in which he made one start and three sub appearances, in 18 months at QPR and a six-month spell working under his old Town team-mate Tony Mowbray at Middlesbrough.