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Leicester Latest Club Linked With Cresswell - Ipswich Town News

Newly-promoted Leicester City are the latest Premier League side reported to be eyeing Town left-back Aaron Cresswell.

According to the Daily Telegraph the Foxes are amongst those chasing the 24-year-old, while long-term admirers Aston Villa and Burnley are also said to be interested.

Over the weekend, West Ham were reported to be ready to make a bid for the Liverpudlian, while Southampton, Newcastle and West Brom have been regular visitors to Portman Road during the second half of the season.

Tottenham, Crystal Palace, Cardiff, Hull City and Everton have also all been linked at one time or another.

Manager Mick McCarthy, who rates Cresswell as the best left-back in the division, says he won’t stand in the player’s way if the right offer comes in during the close season.

If Cresswell, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2017, were to move on his former club Tranmere Rovers would be entitled to 20 per cent of the profit the Blues would make on the £420,000 they paid for him after his switch to Portman Road in the summer of 2011.

A Football League tribunal set a compensation figure of an initial £240,000 plus milestone clauses, with only a £100,000 payment on promotion to the Premier League not triggered.

With Town adhering strictly to the Financial Fair Play rules, McCarthy is unlikely to have much of a transfer war chest at his disposal this summer unless a current player is sold for a significant fee.

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