Town have completed the signing of Leicester City left-back Callum Elder on loan for the rest of the season.
As TWTD reported over the weekend, the 23-year-old former Australian U20 international, who is out of contract in the summer, has been training with the squad for the last week and joined them on the trip to Middlesbrough at the weekend.
"I’m delighted we have been able to get Callum in early. He gives us more competition on the left side,” boss Paul Lambert told the club site.
"He is a very good player. He’s been training with top players at Leicester and he has handled that well.
"He’s got a really good left foot and he wanted to be here and that’s vital for me. I need players who want to come here and play for this club.”
Lambert's first Blues signing, who comes in as Jonas Knudsen seems set to move on during January, could make his Blues debut in the FA Cup third round tie at Accrington Stanley on Saturday. He will wear the Town number 25 shirt.
Elder, who joined the Foxes from Manly United based in his hometown of Sydney aged 16, is yet to make a senior appearance for Leicester but has spent time on loan at Mansfield, Peterborough, Brentford, Barnsley and Wigan.
He was with the Latics for the whole of the 2017/18 campaign as they carried off the League One title, making 30 starts and three sub appearances in all competitions, scoring once.
🗣 "I had a good chat with the gaffer about three weeks ago & he said he wanted me to come down and be a big part of the squad so I was really eager to come & get involved."
@CallumElder_ on joining Town 👇 #itfc pic.twitter.com/c1ZJ87uUMD– Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) January 2, 2019
Elder’s only Championship experience came in spells with Brentford and Barnsley the previous season, a total of 11 starts for the two clubs.
When joining the Tykes, Elder, who qualifies for England and Scotland as well as Australia, described himself as "an athletic full-back. I like getting up and down the left-hand-side”.