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New Signing Walle Egeli Among Those Away on International Duty - Ipswich Town News

New signing Sindre Walle Egeli is among the players who will be absent from Portman Road over the next fortnight on international duty.

The 19-year-old forward is with the Norway U21s for their friendly in Denmark on Thursday and European Championship qualifier at home to Slovenia on next Tuesday.

Town have comparatively few players away during this break but with five away with the Republic of Ireland for their World Cup qualifiers, skipper Dara O’Shea, Jack Taylor, Chieo Ogbene, Sammie Szmodics and new signing Kasey McAteer.

Ireland host Hungary at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, then travel to take on Armenia in Yerevan on the Tuesday.

George Hirst is with the Scotland squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Denmark and Belarus.

Steve Clarke’s side face the Danes in Copenhagen this Friday and Belarus in Zalaegerszeg on the following Monday.

In addition, development squad forward Josh Pitts is with the Maltese U21s squad ahead of their opening European Championship qualifier at home to Greece on Tuesday 9th September.

Young central defender Jacob Mazionis, who is on loan at Cheltenham in League Two, is with the Lithuania U21s for European Championship qualifiers against Ukraine on Friday and Hungary on the Tuesday, both at home.

Elsewhere, on-loan keeper Aro Muric is in the Kosovo squad for their World Cup qualifiers away in Switzerland on Friday and at home to Sweden three days later.

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