Town manager Mick McCarthy has confirmed that trialists Giles Coke and Larsen Touré are joining the club. The duo both came on as subs during today’s 1-1 draw with FC Utrecht.
Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Coke, 29, previously played in the friendlies at Peterborough and Colchester, while 31-year-old Guinean international Touré, a former team-mate of Kevin Bru's at Levski Sofia, was briefly involved against the U’s.
"We’re signing Cokey and Larsen Touré, they’re done,” McCarthy revealed following the match.
Speaking to Ipswich Player, he added: "I knew about Giles anyway from him playing against us over the years and I’ve always liked him as a player. He’s come in and done really well.
"Larsen impressed me as soon as he walked through the door and trained with us. He’s definitely got something and I’m delighted to get both of them on board.”
The Blues boss says he's pleased to add the duo plus Danish left-back Jonas Knudsen to the Town ranks: "Absolutely delighted, my 14-man squad is up to 17 rapidly, 19 with keepers, I think.”
McCarthy wouldn’t be drawn on progress with any of his other targets with TWTD understanding that the Blues were outbid by Leeds for Brentford winger Stuart Dallas, while veteran Leyton Orient winger Jobi McAnuff has also been linked.
"You know I wouldn’t talk to you about any other players, but you keep asking, so fair play to you, it’s your job,” he said.
"I wouldn’t tell you what we’re doing with players, all the ones we’ve got in this week have been a bit of a surprise to everybody except Cokey because he was already here.”
The addition of Knudsen means Matt Clarke’s loan to Portsmouth can be formalised: "It’ll go through on Monday. It was always going to go through but I didn’t want to be left completely bare.”
Clarke played the full 90 minutes for Portsmouth as they drew 0-0 at Gillingham this afternoon, his third friendly for Pompey.