Hearts Eyeing Released Blues Forward Roberts - Ipswich Town News
Released Blues forward Jordan Roberts is reported to be interesting Scottish Championship side Hearts.
The 26-year-old is a free agent having left Portman Road at the end of 2019/20 and, according to the Daily Record, the Jambos, relegated from the Scottish Premiership last season, have spoken to Roberts about a return to Scotland, where he played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2015/16.
Gillingham, where the Watford-born attacker spent the second half of last season on loan, Doncaster, Salford and Scunthorpe were all previously reported to be keen on Roberts, who joined Town on a free transfer from Crawley in the summer of 2018.
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