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Linked Duo Set to Leave Yeovil - Ipswich Town News

Yeovil manager Gary Johnson says he expects reported Town targets Luke Ayling and Byron Webster (pictured) to leave Huish Park this summer.

Right-back Ayling, who is said to be interesting the Blues and newly-promoted Brentford, and centre-half Webster, who has been linked with Town and Leeds, are out of contract at the end of June.

Johnson says that although the duo are amongst a number of players in the same position to have been offered new deals, he anticipates that they’ll move on.

"That doesn't mean that they will sign,” he told the BBC. "And they probably won't because I think they're possibly looking for pastures new, but we've made them a written offer anyway and we'll keep our fingers crossed and see what comes back.”

While Webster, 27, is available for free as Ayling is only 22 the former Arsenal youngster would be subject to compensation.

Keeper Marek Stech, who had a trial with Town back in 2011, has already confirmed that he won’t be staying with Yeovil, who were relegated back to League One after a single season in the Championship.

Elsewhere, former Blues loanee Tyrone Barnett has been made available for transfer by League One Peterborough with a year of his contract left to run.

Town boss Mick McCarthy made an enquiry regarding the 28-year-old in January but a deal was already in place for the former Crawley Town man to move to Bristol City on loan with a view to a permanent switch.

The Robins are yet to decide whether to take up that option with Barnett having made seven starts and 10 sub appearances, scoring once, as they avoided relegation from League One.

McCarthy may be keen to renew his pursuit of the striker, whose spell with the Blues in 2012 was limited to two starts and one sub appearance after he suffered a knee ligament injury.

There may be the potential for a swap deal with Posh perhaps similarly interested in re-signing their former frontman Paul Taylor, who Town have made available for transfer and who spent time back at London Road on loan during 2012/13.

Meanwhile, second-choice Blues left-back Tyrone Mings, who will spend time on a Michael Johnson Performance course at St George’s Park this summer, has said he would be up for a short-term loan if he is still finds himself behind Aaron Cresswell when the new season starts.

First-choice left-back Cresswell, 24, continues to be linked with a close season move away from Portman Road.

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