Striker Frank Nouble’s Town contract has been cancelled by mutual consent. The 23-year-old has spent most of the first half of the season on loan at Coventry and now seems likely to join the Sky Blues on a permanent basis.
The former England U19 international joined the Blues for a fee of £25,000 from Wolves in January 2013 and scored five goals in 26 starts and 34 sub appearances. He last played for Town in the 1-1 draw at Derby in August when he came on as an 80th minute sub.
Nouble tweeted his goodbyes to all at Portman Road: "Like to thank all fans ,staff and players that I worked with at my time with Ipswich. Wish the boys luck this season on promotion chase."
Speaking after his loan with the Sky Blues came to an end at the weekend the striker, whose Town terms were due to end in the summer, said he was keen to return to the League One side having scored four goals in 12 starts and three sub appearances.
"I have already said to the manager that I want to stay so it’s up to the club now,” Nouble told the Coventry Telegraph.
The striker says manager Steven Pressley was impressed with his display in Saturday's 2-0 win at Walsall: "He just said that my performance was exactly what was needed.
"I have been out the side but he told me the last two games is the Nouble we know and love here, and I said I appreciated that and that I hope we can continue 2015 in those good spirits.
"It’s always good to hear the manager speaking well of you, particularly when you haven’t been playing for a few weeks.”
Pressley added: "In the last two games Frank has given great performances in that position — not just in possession but out of possession.”
"That’s always been the great concern because we are a team that focus on how to pressurise the game, what we expect from everybody when we haven’t got the ball.
"He’s shown me that he’s more than capable of doing that and that’s very pleasing because we all know what he brings to the table when he’s in possession.”
Yesterday, defender Freddie Veseli's contract was also cancelled by mutual consent with the former Swiss U21 international is expected to join his former loan club Port Vale.
Striker Paul Taylor and midfielder Anthony Wordsworth also returned from loan spells earlier in the week, both at Rotherham, and with the pair not in manager Mick McCarthy's plans also seem likely to have their contracts settled.