Town have signed Tottenham defender Cameron Carter-Vickers on loan for the rest of the season.

The 20-year-old USA international came through the youth system at White Hart Lane, where he worked with the Blues' head of player and coaching development Bryan Klug during his spell as assistant academy director at Spurs.

Southend-born Carter-Vickers joined the Tottenham academy aged seven and progressed through the ranks and has made four starts for his parent club, two in the FA Cup, two in the Carabao Cup.

The 6ft 1in tall central defender joined Sheffield United on loan in August and made 18 starts for the Blades, scoring his only senior goal so far on his debut in a 1-0 win at Bolton, where the Blues are in action tomorrow coincidentally.

His final game for the South Yorkshiremen was their 1-0 FA Cup victory over Town earlier in the month.

Carter-Vickers says it's been quite a week for him with his spell at Bramall Lane coming to a surprise end and then his move to the Blues.

“I didn’t expect to be called back," he told iFollow Ipswich. "I thought I would be at Sheffield for the season but then I got told Ipswich wanted me.

“It’s all happened very quickly but I know Ipswich are a big club and it’s an exciting opportunity for me.

“I looked at the Championship table and Ipswich are only four points off the play-offs so hopefully I can help the team push on and compete for the top six places.

“I’ve really enjoyed Championship football. It’s a demanding league and there are a lot of big clubs in the division. Ipswich are one of them and I’m thankful for the chance to come and play here.”

The defender, who will wear the Town number 27 shirt, qualifies for the USA through his father, Howard Carter, who was a notable basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and Louisiana State University in the 1980s, and has won one senior cap in addition to appearances at U18, U20 and U23 levels.

Carter-Vickers will go straight into the squad for Saturday's game at Bolton with his recruitment allowing Tommy Smith to complete his switch to the Colorado Rapids.

Town are also expected to announce the signing of Stephen Gleeson from Birmingham this morning with that move now understood to be a short-term deal to the end of the season with the 29-year-old midfielder set to have his contract at St Andrew's, which was due to be up at the end of the season, terminated.

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pazzy added 18:10 - Jan 19 sounds good to me
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massivemole added 18:27 - Jan 19 Seems a very good deal on the surface. Time will tell.
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Poultman added 19:13 - Jan 19 Only a loan but could be a real asset, can't ever knock kluggs judgment
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TimmyH added 19:28 - Jan 19 Hope he does well for us - apparently did well at Sheff United and was recalled by Spurs only for them to give him a go here. The Blades won't be too happy. Just hope Mick gives him a run of games and doesn't find himself on the bench all the time.
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Edmundo added 20:06 - Jan 19 Another great poach from Spurs via Klug's links. Brian Klug is basically hodling this club together in terms of his expertise and pedigree: make him Director of Football in the summer, with Alan Lee as 1st team coach - we will at least get the style back...
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JCBLUE added 20:23 - Jan 19 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Steelmonkey added 20:56 - Jan 19 Well thinking about it now, unless Mick's proper blokes get injured, I can't see him getting much game time however promising he seems.
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Warkys_Tash added 21:52 - Jan 19 Excellent signing we hope, this guy is decent player, but Sheff Utd aren't too happy, maybe he wasn't getting a league game lately? Although, he looked good against us at PR in the Cup.
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planetblue_2011 added 22:19 - Jan 19 Welcome aboard Carter Vickers. You will do well here I can feel it👍
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fifeblue added 14:41 - Jan 22 All this loan-player nonsense is ruining the game. Ipswich Town has effectively become a feeder or reserve team to Premier League clubs. Could you imagine Bobby Robson loaning other teams' reserve players rather than developing our own youngsters in the first team?
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