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Woolfenden's Swindon Loan Confirmed - Ipswich Town News

Town have confirmed that defender Luke Woolfenden has joined Swindon on a season-long loan, as TWTD revealed earlier this evening.

The 19-year-old says manager Phil Brown was a big reason for him making the switch to the Robins.

"When Phil Brown first rang me I said, 'I know who he is, he’s worked in the Premier League', so that was a huge draw for me,” he told the Swindon official site.

"I was comfortable at that level, in the National League, so I think I’m more than ready to make the step up to League Two.”

Brown added: "I’ve been chasing him for six weeks now. He was recommended to me by Mick McCarthy.

"He said in a heartbeat that we should take the lad, Luke. That’s a great recommendation.

"As well as that, Ben Chorley played alongside him last season at Bromley and swears by his character. He can play centre-half and other positions which is exactly what we’ve wanted.

"I’m absolutely delighted to get hold of a top player but it shows just what a crazy transfer window this has been that I’ve been chasing him for six weeks and only got him five minutes before the deadline.”

Let’s go! 🤪 #STFC🔴 @Official_STFC– Luke Woolfenden (@lukewoolfenden) August 31, 2018

As with the Emmanuel and Morris loan moves, Town are able to cut the spell short in January.

In addition to those three and Tristan Nydam, who joined St Johnstone earlier in the week, Town have three further youngsters out on loan at Vanarama National League clubs, Aaron Drinan at Sutton United, Pat Webber at Braintree and Chris Smith at Aldershot.

"We have got some good young players here who I rate highly but at the moment they are not getting the games they need,” manager Paul Hurst told the club site.

"I have to look at what is best for the development of their careers and they are far better off playing first-team games on loan than they are sitting on the bench or in the stands here or playing for the U23s.

"They need to be playing games with three points at stake week in, week out and they have the opportunity to do that on loan and keep developing. Then we will look at it again in January.”

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