Town have confirmed that centre-half Josh Yorwerth has joined League Two Crawley Town on loan until October 25th.

The 20-year-old is set to make his Red Devils debut in this evening's game at Newport County, whose manager and assistant manager are legendary Town central defenders Terry Butcher and Russell Osman.

Crawley chief executive Michael Dunford outlined how the switch came about.

“He comes recommended by Mick McCarthy to [Crawley manager] Mark [Yates] and he will be in the squad tonight," he told the Crawley News.

“We have Jon Ashton injured and Joe McNerney injured, so we will take Josh for 28 days and what happens after then remains to be seen.

“We have strengthened the squad to cover the unfortunately injuries to two key players."

Yates added: “Josh is highly regarded by Ipswich and we’re delighted Mick McCarthy has allowed us to have him for a month.

"We have a few defenders out with injury at the moment but Josh is going to be an excellent addition to the squad.”

Town boss McCarthy had said he was keen to get Wales U21 international Yorwerth out on loan to get games, although the move has taken place more quickly than the Blues boss had anticipated.

Yorwerth made a goalscoring Town debut in the Capital One Cup first round tie against Stevenage and featured in the subsequent games against Doncaster and Manchester United in the same competition.

With the Blues now out Yorwerth, like Josh Emmanuel, is unlikely to play much if any first-team football at Town in the months prior to the FA Cup third round.

The Bridgend-born defender, who spent time on loan in non-league with Hereford last season, joined the Blues in the summer after a trial having been released by Cardiff City in May.

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Geoff added 16:38 - Sep 29 Can they take Gerkin as well.
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jas0999 added 18:18 - Sep 29 There are no surprises. When Yorwerth signed it was made clear that he was seen as an option for the future. Played in the League Cup for experience, but was unlikely to be a first team player in the league. Can see several others go out on loan now we are out of the cup until January. No bad thing, but reduces options in the squad, although playing regularly is only going to benefit youngsters.

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TimmyH added 20:23 - Sep 29 Hang on didn't Mick buy both Wordsworth and Vaseli?...only to go out on loan. Agree that he IS one for the future but so far Mick hasn't exactly been prolific at bringing youngsters through during his tenure here bar Tyrone Mings. Certainly hope he does come back better for his loan and that goes for Clarke too.
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GiveusaWave added 07:05 - Sep 30 TimmyH Mcdonnell will be a revelation once he starts playing regularly for the first team. Would agree with most of what you've said though. Obviously Stewart will return in January too. Not sure what we will do with him really. When I have seen him against us he's been as good as anything we've got. Just seems disinterested at times. Henshall badly needs to move on. It would be be good for "The Flash" Cathline to get a League 2 loan too. So much potential there. One of the fastest defenders I have ever seen in an Ipswich shirt.

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