Downes Set for Luton Loan - Ipswich Town News
Blues midfielder Flynn Downes is set to join Luton Town on loan until the end of the season.
Downes, 19, broke into the first team at the start of the campaign but last featured for Mick McCarthy’s side in November with injuries having hampered him in recent months.
We understand the deal is not yet confirmed but is expected to go through before tonight’s 11pm deadline.
The Brentwood-born academy product is very much viewed as one for the future and the move would be one purely so he can gain experience of senior football.
In the summer, having impressed in pre-season, the England U19 international signed a contract which runs to the end of June 2020 with the club having an option for a further season only a matter of weeks after putting pen to paper on his first professional deal.
We understand Hatters boss Nathan Jones recently watched Town’s U23s in action as he looked around for potential January additions to his squad.
Luton, who the Blues beat 2-0 in the Carabao Cup in August, a game in which Downes made his first senior start, are currently top of League Two by eight points.
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