Tottenham Recall Scarlett - Ipswich Town News
Town have confirmed that striker Dane Scarlett has been recalled by his parent club Tottenham Hotspur.
Manager Kieran McKenna revealed on Saturday that he anticipated the 19-year-old, who made only 12 sub appearances during his time at Portman Road, was set to return to the Premier League side.
"There’s conversations with Tottenham at the moment,” McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk. "I think it looks very likely that he’ll be recalled. Tottenham have injury issues at the moment and they have their main forward [Son Heung-min] going to the Asian Cup at the start of January as well.”
"Good to get Dane back and obviously the loan didn’t work out for him at Ipswich, which is disappointing for him and disappointing for us because the reason we sent him out on loan was to get some game-time, rhythm and develop.
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou admitted that the loan hadn’t progressed as his club wanted.
"It hasn’t worked out that way so made sense to bring him back,” he said.
"He is back training with us and becomes available from January 1st again. Then it is up to him.
"He will stay with us until the rest of the season and we’ll see how he trains and what opportunities may or may not come along, so we’ll address those situations then.”
Scarlett's exit frees up a space in the 25-man EFL squad with on-loan Premier League players counting towards that number.
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