Town have completed the signing of Aston Villa forward Louie Barry on a season-long loan.
The 18-year-old can go straight into the squad for tomorrow’s opening day game at home to Morecambe with his deal having been completed prior to the midday deadline.
"It’s been a crazy few days and as soon as I found out Ipswich were interested, I wanted to make the move,” Barry told iFollow Ipswich.
"I felt the manager’s enthusiasm as soon as I walked in and I am really looking forward to working under him.
"The club made me feel wanted and you can tell it’s a club going in the right direction. I want to play my part and be involved.”
Town boss Paul Cook added: "Louie is such an exciting player. He really wants to play football and do well in a first-team environment.
"Our job is to provide him with a platform to build and also give him an opportunity to express himself. If it’s not tomorrow then he certainly will be involved on Tuesday in some capacity.”
Barry was a youth player with West Brom for 10 years from the age of eight before moving to Barcelona in 2019.
After only six months with the Catalonian giants he returned to the Midlands in January last year and joined Villa for a fee of £880,000.
Barry’s only senior appearance so far came in the FA Cup last season in which he also scored his first goal in a 4-1 defeat to Liverpool.
Last season, he scored 20 goals in his 26 games, including that goal against the Reds, netting five and assisted four as Villa’s U18s won the FA Youth Cup.
Sutton Coldfield-born Barry has won England caps at U15, U16, U17 and U18 levels and also U15 and U16 with the Republic of Ireland.
Barry is the Blues' 11th signing of the summer with Portsmouth's Michael Jacobs set to become the 12th and with manager Cook anticipating a 13th by Monday.