Lankester Signs Another New Deal - Ipswich Town News

Blues forward Jack Lankester has put pen to paper on a new contract which runs to the summer of 2022, with the club having an option for a further season, less than five months after he signed his first pro deal.

Bury St Edmunds-based academy product Lankester has been rewarded for a first half of the season in which he has broken into the first team and has cemented his place in the senior squad.

"Obviously I am delighted to have signed a new contract,” Lankester told iFollow Ipswich.

"It was always my target to try and get involved with the first team by the end of the season, so it’s been a welcome surprise for the opportunities I’ve had to come around a lot quicker.

"I know I’ve got a long way to go yet though, and have a lot to prove but I’ve got good people around me - my family and the players here - to help me.

"While I’m pleased personally with the progress I’ve made, the most important thing now is getting the results we need to start climbing the table. I just want to do the best for the team I can to help us achieve that.”

Lankester, who grew up supporting the Blues and whose grandfather was an amateur goalkeeper at the club in the 1960s and father was a schoolboy with Town in the 1980s, joined the academy aged just six.

The 18-year-old, the first player born in the 2000s to feature and score for the Blues first team, has now made four starts and five sub appearances and scored his first senior goal in the New Year’s Day game against Millwall.

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