Richards on Track - Ipswich Town News

Midfielder Matt Richards is on course to start pre-season training with the rest of the squad on June 26th. Richards missed the end of last season with an ankle injury.

Fitness coach Simon Thadani told the club site: "Matt is doing OK and will be running with the lads on the first day of pre-season.

"He will also spend the afternoons doing fitness work, multi-directional movements, that sort of thing, and the way it stands at the moment he should be fine for the start of the new season."

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