Town have announced the signing of Wolverhampton Wanderers right-back Dominic Iorfa on loan for the season.
The 22-year-old England U21 international underwent a medical at Portman Road this afternoon before tying up the formalities relating to his move.
"I'm happy to be here because Ipswich is a good club," Iorfa told iFollow Ipswich.
"I spoke to the manager a few days ago and he told me about the plans for the season; he really sold it to me.
"The moment I spoke to him, I couldn't wait to get here and get started. He basically just told me that he wanted to get me on board, and he told me what positions he plans to use me in.
"I can play right-back and centre-half as well. He's confident that we can have a good season and push for the play-offs.
"He's assembled a good squad and I think things are looking promising for the club."
Manager Mick McCarthy added: "I’m thrilled to have got Dominic. He is very athletic, has got great pace and can play at centre-half as well as right-back and is equally good in both roles.
"With the defenders we already have here in the squad and with Dominic coming in, we have really good options in that area.”"
Southend-born Iorfa began his career with his hometown club but left the Shrimpers for Wolves - then managed by McCarthy - aged only 15.
Happy to have joined @Official_ITFC on loan. Looking forward to the new challenges ahead âš½ï¸ pic.twitter.com/Tp2bAgobzY
— Dominic Iorfa (@DominicIorfa) July 14, 2017
The 6ft 4in tall full-back, who can also operate at centre-half, spent time on loan at Shrewsbury in the 2013/14 season before breaking into the first team at Molineux midway through the following campaign.
Capped by England at U18 and U20 level in addition to his 13 games for the U21s, Iorfa has made 91 starts and two sub appearances for Wolves, so far without scoring a senior goal.
Despite having been a regular throughout last season and featuring for the England U21s at this summer's European Championships, Iorfa, who is contracted until the summer of 2019, was left out of the Wolves squad which travelled to Austria for a pre-season training camp earlier this week.
Earlier in the summer, Derby were claimed to be eyeing a move with Iorfa, who was said to be valued at £4 million, while more recently Leeds have been linked.
Iorfa's father, also Dominic, is a former international winger with Nigeria. At club level he had spells with QPR, Peterborough and Southend among many others.
Town have been on the lookout for another right-back to compete with Jordan Spence having allowed Josh Emmanuel to join Rotherham on loan earlier in the week in order to gain first-team experience.
Regarding Emmanuel, McCarthy added: "Josh needs to be playing first-team games every week and hopefully he will do that at Rotherham. "He will gain a lot from the experience and come back to us a better player for it.” "
On Tuesday former Millwall right-back Shaun Cummings played in the friendly against Southend but the signing of Iorfa is likely to end the Blues' interest in the one-time Reading defender.
The addition of another player who can play as a right-sided centre-half, joining skipper Luke Chambers and Adam Webster in the squad, could have some bearing on Steven Taylor's future at Town.
The former Newcastle man is currently training with the Blues with a view to winning a contract having been on a short-term deal last season.
Meanwhile, the Royals have confirmed the signing of Town target Jon Dadi Bodvarsson from Wolves on a three-year deal.