McCarthy Confirms Goteni Signing - Ipswich Town News
Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that French defender Chris Goteni is joining the Blues from Saint-Apollinaire, as TWTD revealed earlier this afternoon. The deal is done aside from the paperwork.
"He’s joining us, just to the end of the season with an option,” McCarthy said. "We thought it was worth having a look. He came and trained with us and he trained with the first team and did all right.
"He played in a practice match the other day and was awful but I’d seen enough in the training. I don’t think he’d been training properly and he’d travelled, so he’s joining us.”
The 19-year-old joined Saint-Apollinaire from ASPTT Dijon in the summer, having previously been with Ligue 1 side Dijon FCO's youth set-up.
Saint-Apollinaire play at the fifth tier in France but McCarthy says players have previously been recruited from similar levels and gone on to great success.
"I think your man that went to Bristol City [Jonathan Kodjia] was playing fairly low level and they sold him for £14 million!”
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