Manager Mick McCarthy is confident that striker David McGoldrick will be “up for the fight” with Town, despite missing out on a move to Premier League Leicester. The Blues rebuffed bids which are understood to have reached the £7 million mark for the 26-year-old ahead of the closure of the transfer window yesterday.
"I thought it might go through but obviously I’m delighted that Didz is still with us," McCarthy told the club site.
"He probably has a tinge of disappointment at the moment. That would be natural but he’ll get on with it.
"He’s much loved by the players here, by the staff, by the fans and we all wanted him to stay.
"Didz wants to play in the Premier League and I know he’d like to do that with Ipswich. Whether that can happen this season, we will find out — won’t we?
"He has been a great player for us and he will be up for the fight. I expect him to continue just the same as he has always done since he first walked through the door here.”
As previously reported, although it was announced that McGoldrick had signed a two-year contract when he joined the Blues following his release by Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2013, the deal included an option of an additional year, which the club will take up, effectively meaning he is contracted until the end of June 2016.