x

Baggott to Join Up With Indonesia on New Year's Day - Ipswich Town News

Blues centre-half Elkan Baggott will join up with the Indonesia squad ahead of the AFC Asian Cup on New Year’s Day.

The 21-year-old was named in a a 29-man party for a pre-competition training camp in Türkiye earlier this week which is already under way without their overseas players.

Assistant coach Nova Arianto has now confirmed that Baggott and Wolves centre-half Justin Hubner will join up next week.

"[Baggott and Hubner] are planning to [join the training camp in Turkey] on January 1st 2024,” Nova told CNNIndonesia.com.

That means Baggott will miss the FA Cup tie at AFC Wimbledon on January 6th, a game the central defender is likely to have been involved with his only senior domestic action this season having been in cup competition.

In addition, he will be unavailable for up to six Championship matches, although it’s unlikely he would have been in the 20-man squad for those games.

During their training camp, Indonesia will play friendlies against Libya in Antalya on January 2nd and 5th, then Iran having travelled to Qatar, which is hosting the finals, on January 9th.

The party will be reduced by three before Indonesia face Vietnam, Iraq and Japan in Group D, the AFC having increased the size of squads to 26 from 23 earlier this week.

Baggott, who is all but certain to make the final party, has previously won 19 full caps, scoring two international goals.

On Thursday night, Cameron Burgess was confirmed in Australia's 26-man squad for the tournament.

What to read next:

[Podcast] Blue Monday - New Podcast Now Online
A new podcast from the Blue Monday team is now available.
Town Appoint Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant
Town have appointed Dr Jon Houghton to a role as sports and exercise medicine consultant.
Williams Released By Manchester United
Manchester United have confirmed the release of former Blues loanee Brandon Williams.
New Book Celebrates Town's Premier League Promotion
Town’s promotion-winning 2023/24 season is celebrated in a new book, The Game Changers – Premier Edition, by Karl Fuller.
Iraola: Moore Could Have Future at Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola says Town loanee Kieffer Moore could have a future with the Cherries.
Released Youngster Stewart Joins Coleraine
Released Town youngster Cameron Stewart has signed for Coleraine, the club he supported as a boy.
U21s Face Skuse's Bury in Pre-Season
The Blues’ U21s’ annual friendly against Cole Skuse’s Bury Town for the Martin Swallow Memorial Trophy will be played at the OCS Ram Meadow Stadium on Saturday 27th July (KO 3pm).
Block D Season Ticket Holders to Move
Town have written to season ticket holders in Block D of the Cobbold Stand informing them that their seats will be incorporated into the increased away fans section from the start of the new season.
TWTD Questionnaire 2023/24
Welcome to the annual TWTD Questionnaire, your chance to look back in judgement on Town's glorious 2023/24 season.
Slicker Wins Cap
Town keeper Cieran Slicker started and won his 16th Scotland U21s cap as his side was beaten 2-1 by Türkiye in a friendly at the Kasımpaşa Stadium in Istanbul this evening.