Town Eyeing Connolly Return - Ipswich Town News
TWTD understands former loanee Callum Connolly is on Town’s list of summer targets.
Connolly is out of contract at Everton this summer having spent the last season and a half on loan at Fleetwood Town, and was in the side which was defeated 3-1 by the Blues on Sunday.
The 23-year-old, who took a pay cut to return to Highbury last summer, has made only one senior sub appearance for the Toffeemen, in the Premier League back in April 2016 and is expected to be released.
The former England U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 international was with Town during 2017/18 in which he made 30 starts and five sub appearances, scoring four times, largely playing in central midfield rather than his primary central defensive role.
Connolly previously played for Blues boss Paul Cook at Wigan in the first half of the 2018/19 season, making 10 starts and 10 sub appearances.
That was the Liverpool-born centre-half’s second spell with the Latics, the first having been during the second half of 2016/17 prior to Cook's spell in charge.
In addition to his stints with Town, Wigan and Fleetwood, where he wore the captain’s armband on a number of occasions during 2020/21, 6ft 1in tall Connolly has also spent time on loan at Barnsley, Bolton and Lincoln.
Cook has promised big changes to his Blues squad this summer with many of the current players moving on as he looks to bring in his own recruits.
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