Town manager Jim Magilton says he isn't considering sending striker Jordan Rhodes out on loan quite yet. Reports on Friday linked the 18-year-old with a short-term move to Northampton Town.

Magilton has been impressed with Rhodes during pre-season and sees an early season role for the prolific frontman at Portman Road, although a loan later on is a possibility: "I like the thought of having Jordan here rather than getting him out.

"Perhaps at the end of September, or near the loan deadline, I may consider it then.”

Last season Rhodes spent time with Blue Square Premier side Oxford United, with whom he scored his first two senior goals in an FA Cup victory over Merthyr Tydfil.

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