Crouch and Kyle Targeted? - Ipswich Town News
Aston Villa's Peter Crouch and Sunderland's Kevin Kyle are reported to be amongst the strikers Joe Royle's is keen on taking on loan. Elsewhere it is claimed that a bid for Arsenal's Francis Jeffers has failed.
Kyle was in action for the Black Cats last night and scored as they beat Arsenal 3-2 in the Worthington Cup. However, despite winning six caps and scoring one goal for Scotland, he has only made two starts for his club.
The 21-year-old has also spent spells on loan at Huddersfield, Darlington and Rochdale. At 6'3" he would fit the bill as a player to add some height to the Town attack.
Crouch is even taller at 6'7" and should he sign would break the record for the tallest player ever to don a Town shirt.
He joined Villa for £5 million over the summer from Portsmouth after starting his career with Spurs and then moving on to QPR.
The 21-year-old is by no means a first choice at Villa Park and was not involved in their Worthington Cup tie last night. He did, however come on as sub during the 0-0 draw with Blackburn at the beginning of the month.
Royle is hoping to bring in a striker (and possibly a defender) before the weekend but despite making contact with a reported eight Premiership managers he is yet to be successful.
Loan players need to be registered before 5pm on Friday to be involved in Saturday matches.
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