McGoldrick Leaving Town - Ipswich Town News
TWTD understands striker David McGoldrick will join Luke Hyam in leaving Portman Road this summer.
The Republic of Ireland international is out of contract and no new deal has been offered to him by Town.
McGoldrick, 30, had been widely expected to move on despite being widely viewed as the Blues’ best player with injuries having limited his involvement for much of his time at Portman Road.
This season, which started promisingly and in which he scored eight goals, ended in February when he suffered a groin injury.
Having signed from Nottingham Forest in January 2013, initially on loan but with the deal becoming a permanent switch the following summer, McGoldrick scored 45 goals in 126 starts and 33 sub appearances for the Blues.
In August 2014 Town owner Marcus Evans turned down what was understood to be a £7 million offer from Premier League Leicester for McGoldrick, who subsequently signed a new deal with the Blues making him the club’s highest-paid player.
With his family having moved back to the East Midlands a couple of years ago, Nottingham-born McGoldrick is likely to be looking for a new club closer to home ahead of 2018/19.
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