Out-of-favour winger Cameron Stewart has joined Tuesday's Capital One Cup opponents Doncaster Rovers on loan until January 2nd.
The 24-year-old has made only two appearances for the Blues since signing a three-year deal following his release from Hull City in the summer of 2014, both as a sub in the FA Cup ties with Southampton last season.
Manager Mick McCarthy made the former Manchester United youth player available for transfer over the summer.
"It’s good to be here and refreshing," Stewart told the official Doncaster website. "I needed to get out of Ipswich and play some games to show people what I can do again so I’m delighted to be here at the moment.
"I’m here until January 2nd on loan and I need to get as many games as I can and help push Doncaster up the league and enjoy myself again.
"Hopefully I can bring a bit of excitement and wing play and create some goals and assists and maybe score some myself.”
He added: "At the moment, I’m not involved and it came to the stage where he [McCarthy] said; 'You can go out on loan and play some games, I won’t hold you back,' and once a manager says that then it’s a good indication that you’re not going to play there so I had to try and give myself the best chance to get out there and I’m here to play first team games.
"It’s happened quite quickly to be honest. I spoke with the gaffer and my agent and then last night the call came to get here before the weekend so I packed my bags and hit the road and off I went.
"It wasn’t a difficult decision really as I’ve not really being playing much at Ipswich and haven’t been involved too much so the opportunity to be part of something meant that I wasn’t going to hang around and miss out on it.”
Stewart, who spent time on loan at Barnsley towards the end of last season, could make his debut in the home game against Fleetwood on Saturday and is available to Rovers for cup matches.
As it's a senior half-season loan the Blues will not be able to recall the Mancunian at any stage.
Meanwhile, former Blues midfielder Owen Garvan has joined Colchester United on a short-term contract until January.
The 27-year-old Irishman, who was recently training with Southend, was released by Crystal Palace at the end of last season.