Grays Athletic midfielder Kai Brown, 16, is reportedly set to join the Blues’ academy following a trial, despite interest from Premier League clubs.

Brown spent time at Playford Road earlier this month and scored for the U18s in their 2-2 draw at Millwall.

The central midfield player broke into the Bostik Football League North Division’s first team in August when he made his debut as a sub in a 2-0 FA Cup victory over Redbridge.

He has been a regular in their matchday squad since then - he has now made 13 starts and 24 sub appearances in all competitions, scoring once - and is understood to have been tracked by scouts from several Premier League clubs.

Hearing Ipswich have beaten a host of Premier League clubs to land 16-year-old Kai Brown from Grays Athletic.– Graeme Bailey (@GraemeBailey) January 29, 2018

Meanwhile, Stratford Town striker Ben Stephens was spotted at this afternoon’s U23s victory over Millwall at Playford Road.

As reported a fortnight ago, the 21-year-old is set to spend a few days on trial with the Blues this week.

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lightingblue added 21:57 - Jan 29 Sounds promising. Maybe why McDonnell left.
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fergalsharkey added 22:05 - Jan 29 Ive heard this kid is the next geraint williams.
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blueherts added 22:05 - Jan 29 Great !! Future success for our club will be some fab young players in our academy and a great local network . Nash and Klug the future with a wise head beside them Roll on next season !!
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TonyHumesIpswich added 02:29 - Jan 30 Much better move for him. He's more likely to get a game here than the likes of Watford and all the other interested parties.It's players such as Kai Brown and Ben Knight that should be pushing for first team football next season. Dozzell, Downes, Nydam, Bishop have all stepped up, so might well happen.
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rfretwell added 08:45 - Jan 30 Youngsters are now all more wary about signing for the top clubs for fear of being stickpiled, sent on loan all over Europe then forgotten about. Mid table Championship clubs like hours offer much greater opportunity of getting into the first team squad
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PhilTWTD added 10:36 - Jan 30 Interesting piece on Brown from the Non-League Paper:
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BlueBlood90 added 11:24 - Jan 30 Sounds good. Exactly the kind of players we should be looking at. All we need now is a manager who looks to the future and not afraid to give them a chance.
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masetheace added 12:37 - Jan 30 Well done Blue Blood90 - someone was sure to find a negative to add to the story !!
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runningout added 14:50 - Jan 30 Some press like to glamourise their pages with terms like wonder kid. Load of crud. Hope he ignores s*it like that and turns out to be a brilliant person and footballer
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yorkshire added 15:57 - Jan 30 Blueblood - yeah if only we could find a manager to play the likes of Nydam, Kenlock, Downes, Dozzell etc
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Bert added 22:55 - Jan 30 We may have lost our way at first team level but the club is still a desirable place for youngsters. Don't know why some people do not get it that you can't play youngsters who are injured or coming back from injury.
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