Town are reported to have made an offer to Sunderland for Hungarian international keeper Marton Fulop. TWTD first reported the Blues’ interest in the 27-year-old in May.

Town are now said to have tabled a £1 million bid for Fulop, who has a year left on his Sunderland contact. The keeper is said to be weighing up his options with other clubs also likely to be targeting him.

Fulop, an international team-mate and close friend of Tamás Priskin, started his career with MTK Hungaria during which time he went on loan to Elöre and Siófok, also in his homeland.

After a three-day trial in July 2004, the 6ft 5in tall keeper joined Spurs. In 2004/05 he spent time on loan at Chesterfield, then the following season moved on to Coventry on a similar basis.

In November 2006 he joined Sunderland, making his move to the Stadium of Light a permanent one in the following January for a fee of £900,000.

Fulop, who has won 21 Hungarian caps, moved on loan to Leicester in August 2007 and was expected to stay with the Foxes until the end of the season. However, after the clubs failed to agree a fee for his permanent move to the Walkers Stadium in the following January — Leicester offered £1 million, Sunderland wanted £3 million — he returned to Wearside.

In February 2008 he briefly joined Stoke on loan but was recalled after four days to cover an injury at Sunderland, however, the Potters and Black Cats agreed a £3 million fee that summer but the move eventually broke down.

Last season Fulop made only 14 appearances for the Black Cats with Craig Gordon currently the first choice and Trevor Carson the regular sub. More recently Belgian U21 international Simon Mignolet has also moved to the Stadium of Light.

Towards the end of the campaign Fulop joined Manchester City on an emergency loan basis as cover for the injured Shay Given, but his move to Eastlands was never expected to stretch beyond the final games of the Premier League season.

Blues boss Roy Keane has stated that he likes to have three keepers in his squad and with Richard Wright departing in the summer will want an additional glovesman to compete with Brian Murphy and Arran Lee-Barrett.

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naaridge1coly7 added 23:44 - Jul 21 Ps Mr Phil Ham im really not surprised you ve added the report abuse box on here now,doesnt everyone think that,its shows a clear feeling of TOTAL FRUSTRATION that us town fans are going through right now. Look whats happening hes(Keane) even turning our fans against each other,this has to stop soon......PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!! KEANE OUT NOW ME OR FACE THE MUSIC REAL SOON.........

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BlueFinn added 23:50 - Jul 21 Keane has some unfinished business clearly with Sunderland.Otherwise he would have finished business there with Leadbitter. Could somebody draw a map of the world according RK.There's only to places on it.Cork and Sunderland. Then sent it to him. Where is Ipswich now ?
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jesus added 00:32 - Jul 22 that's gangsta
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timo_blue added 01:15 - Jul 22 I do believe we need a stronger first choice keeper, but even if this were true I doubt Sunderland would sell him right now, Craig Gordon is injured and is going to be out for several months. naaridge1coly7 - I think you've summed it all up perfectly, the fans are turning on each other, its such a shame and could easily be sorted with a change in managment and a better balanced squad.

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suffolksam added 06:26 - Jul 22 have sunderland got any managers lying around they don't want ?
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Kropotkin123 added 08:17 - Jul 22 Regardless of how good or bad the keeper is, my initial reaction was one of deflation. Primarily because it is another Sunderland player. As for the - "hes(Keane) even turning our fans against each other" - comment. That's a load of rubbish. Ipswich fans have been divided since the end of the Burley era. On the point of fans, the Northstand has been flat since it was re-built. And the fanbase has generally lost direction, purpose and perspective, creating a negative environment for every manger to work in, regardless of how good or bad they are percieved to be at any particular time. Personally, on the manager front, I crave someone who can take a player and make him better. Who can take a team and make them better. Who can recognise a weakness and sort it out. We, in my opinion, have also lacked that since Burley was in charge.

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evansblue added 08:28 - Jul 22 just because we are signing a keeper does not mean we will not sign other players. We need to calm down i think
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Yallop added 08:56 - Jul 22 I think Fulop will give a great pressence in goal and a very good signing. At the end of next season eith ALB or McClaughlin will be released. Makes perfect sence to me.
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robdaful added 09:05 - Jul 22 Well I think Fulop will be a great keeper for us. Saw him alot when he was on loan to Man City and he was great. He was there best player when they were against Spurs. Any way I can't see why people are angry. 1) Its only a link 2) These are the types of players we want to see at Ipswich. Fulop, Finnan, Chopra. I'd be happy with them. In fact these a brillaint players and I'd be more than happy. 3) How don't we know Fulop wasn't one of the five Keane targeted? Keane's transfer list could of been: (Not in most wanted) 1- GK - Fulop 2- RB - Finnan 3- CM - Derry 4- ST - Chopra 5- ?? - ???????? So only one of his 5 have gone. I reckon the number 5 in my list is an LB and either Ian Harte or Lee Naylor. As Derry has gone he will need to look for a new replcement or he might stay put with what he's got or the new Irish player Connor H. And if Priskin goes a new striker. Taking his wish list to 5-6 players. I know its not long to the new season but hopefully it will shape up good. If not i'll have extra leg room next year. As I renewed my season ticket again.

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timmy2guns added 09:42 - Jul 22 Cant understand why people think ALB is a competent reserve... The reserve needs to show some potential to fill the no. 1 shirt when called upon, as we were shown this season. Agree with others on here about how murphy was brought in not as a no.1. Bring in Fulop and let them fight it out on the training ground. Its too risky not to have another keeper, and i'd prefer Fulop to compete, rather than have a 30+ or ALB warming the bench..

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jas0999 added 09:58 - Jul 22 h32 - agreed that Roy keeps going back to Sunderland - but lots of managers do the same when they leave a club. I was meerely responding to comments such as 'I may as well buy a Sunderland shirt' and 'we are becoming a Sunderland reserve team'. This as you will surely admit is not the case. We currently only have TWO ex-Sunderland players! Not 11! Delaney was signed from QPR, Priskin from Watford, O'Conner from Liverpool, Healy from Cork, Rosenior from Reading, Murphy from an Irish side, Brown from Fulham ... Okay we had D. Healy, Murphy and Colback on loan from Sunderland, so I see your point, but with the exception of Healy they were decent signings! ** Sorry - forgot we have just signed a youngster from Sunderland - but the point remains the same - Roy HAS signed players from other clubs **

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suffolksam added 12:08 - Jul 22 strikers goalkeepers ? its the managers position we should be trying to fill before the new season
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corshamblue added 14:41 - Jul 22 Think this could be a good move myself. So long as the wages are in keeping with the 'lower the bill' ethos. Suffolksam, and the rest of the Keano bashes - I'll say this only once 'Shut the F*** Up' I hope your as vocal supporting the team next year as you are posting on here all the time about get Keane out - it's negativity from the stadium that instills the nervousness we witnessed too often last year, I agree Keano didn't help by telling the to ship up or ship out, but hey - he who never made a mistake never made anything! COYB.

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SiBo added 17:15 - Jul 22 I'd rather the anti brigade voice their opinions on here as most of it just gives me a laugh; blinkered one sided opinion that often is blatently untrue. "RK only signs ex Sunderland players"... as someone posted above... only 3 of his 10 signings have been ex Sunderland and Leadbitter is probably his best signing to date, so no issue with that. anyway, my point is... post away on here guys... but PLEASE support the team down at Portman Road... even if you don't support the manager, support your team!

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h32 added 21:02 - Jul 22 jason0999 - your points are valid as usual, but you know where I am coming from - bl**dy frustrated already with much talk about what was going to happen during the close season, no holiday, work starts now, etc; etc; from the 'might be one day manager' - what has happened ? - NOTHING - but we do start the season with a weaker squad than what we finished last season with. Progress ? - I think not.

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h32 added 21:16 - Jul 22 I have serious doubts whether anyone running this club now, really cares a hoot about success/failure anymore - as long as x amount of mugs (myself included) continue to buy season tickets and turn up week in week out. Makes you think !!
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naaridge1coly7 added 07:00 - Jul 23 Kropotkin-to say what i said is a load of rubbish just about sums it up really. Not wasting my time here anymore. Good luck
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Kropotkin123 added 08:26 - Jul 23 bye!
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suffolksam added 13:14 - Jul 23 corshambles you di-khead nobody gives a fukc what you think as--ole
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