Town have confirmed that former loanee Alex Henshall has joined the club on a permanent basis, as first revealed by TWTD yesterday. The 20-year-old winger, who was on loan at Portman Road late last season, has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third season following his release by Manchester City.
Henshall spent time on trial with Town before signing on loan for the remainder of the 2013/14 season at the end of March.
The 5ft 10 in tall England U16 and U17 international was a first-team substitute on a number of occasions but without making it onto the field.
However, he impressed manager Mick McCarthy enough in training and in the U21s to be offered terms, while we understand that there was also interest from lower-ranked Premier League clubs.
Born in Swindon, left-sided wide man Henshall was a youth player with his hometown club but moved to Manchester City when 16 in the summer of 2010 having been on the Robins’ first-team bench twice. A number of other Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, also showed interest at that time.
He spent time on loan at Chesterfield making one start and six sub appearances during 2012/13 and made another league start, in which he scored his first senior goal, and another appearance from the bench while on loan at Bristol Rovers earlier in the 2013/14 campaign.
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