Pigott Pompey Loan Move Close to Being Confirmed - Ipswich Town News
TWTD understands Town striker Joe Pigott’s loan move to Portsmouth is close to being confirmed.
News that Pompey were targeting the 28-year-old emerged earlier today and we understand a loan deal with an option to buy is well down the line and set to go through in the next few days.
Pigott joined Town on a free transfer after leaving AFC Wimbledon last summer but made little impact in his first season with the Blues and it had been expected that the Maidstone-born frontman would move on this summer despite having two years left on his contract.
Town have already added Freddie Ladapo to their squad during the close season with a bid for Leicester’s former Portsmouth loanee frontman George Hirst understood to have been turned down.
Pigott scored three times in 14 starts and 15 sub appearances in all competitions during 2021/22.
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