Town have confirmed the signing of Chelsea youngster Trevoh Chalobah on loan for the season. TWTD was first to reveal that the Blues were moving for the 18-year-old, who is manager Paul Hurst’s first Town signing, on Thursday.

"I'm delighted to be here," Chalobah, who is 19 a week on Thursday, told the club site.

"It's my first loan and I'm really excited. It's a great club and I'm ready for the season already.

"It's important for me, being a young age, that I come here to learn and grow as a player as the year goes on.

"It will be good to get to know the boys in pre-season and Luke Chambers has already brought me into the group so I can't wait to get going."

Hurst told iFollow Ipswich: "He'll give us a bit of flexibility, positionally. He's very comfortable on the ball, and he's a very good player.

"He's at an age where people might question him as he's a bit young. There will be demands put on him that he might not have encountered in the past but from speaking to him I know he's hungry to succeed.

"I like players who maybe have a little bit of something to prove and in Trevoh's case, he's got a lot to prove.

"There's a lot of good publicity around him in terms of potential but he understands, and he wants to go out and deliver.”

Speaking at the start of pre-season training this morning, Hurst said he likes Chalobah's versatility and believes he is similarly as good in his two primary roles.

Very grateful for the opportunity to join @Official_ITFC on loan for the season. Excited to get started, to learn and to give everything I’ve got for the team and the fans #itfc pic.twitter.com/J4tnOQKNVI– Trevoh Chalobah (@TrevohChalobah) June 25, 2018

“Centre midfield or centre-back, I think in either of those positions he can be equally as good," he said.

“He’s a very good player, very highly thought of, someone that in whichever position he’s in he’s very comfortable on the ball.

“Speaking to him, he sees the importance of this loan. We have fought off quite a bit of competition for him, so I think he’ll be a great addition.”

As previously reported, Chalobah, who can also play as a full-back, was at Playford Road last Tuesday for a look around and to meet Hurst with the clubs subsequently discussing the formalities relating to the switch.

Chalobah, the younger brother of Watford’s Nathaniel and an England U19s team-mate of Andre Dozzell, Tristan Nydam and Flynn Downes, is yet to make a senior appearance for Chelsea but was named among the subs for the FA Cup final in May.

He joined Chelsea as an U9 and has won numerous honours at academy level, including the UEFA Youth League in 2015/16, the FA Youth Cup (pictured above) the same season, as well as in 2016/17 when he also picked up an U18 Premier League winner's medal.

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Chalobah, who can also operate at right-back, has been capped by England at U16, U17 and U19 levels.

He was a member of the squad which won the U19s European Championships last summer, alongside Dozzell, but missed the semi-final and final having suffered a knee injury in the final group game.

Last month, Chalobah was among the young England players Gareth Southgate invited to join his senior squad for training sessions at St George’s Park ahead of the World Cup finals.

Photos: ITFC

bobble added 00:12 - Jun 26 very poor sponsor to have on the shirt..
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harlingblue added 01:34 - Jun 26 Please forget about this shirt sponsor thing, it's getting tedious. The article is about the signing of a very promising young player, of which I am very pleased. Welcome to Ipswich Trevoh, I wish you and the club a very successful season.
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BlueArrow added 07:14 - Jun 26 Very warm welcome to the Towen young man.
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gloucester_tractor added 08:28 - Jun 26 Good signing for us , wants to work hard to be a success. Question is do we move on a senior player or does someone like Downes go out on loan as well ?.???
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:42 - Jun 26 without any moral judgement ,the logo looks cheap and tacky,the red lettering looks out of place on the blue shirt to me., however what counts is the person wearing it, and its a world better than green & yellow. COYB
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BlueBlood90 added 09:27 - Jun 26 I really hate that shirt. Good signing though, sounds like a very highly rated player.
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TonyHumesIpswich added 09:32 - Jun 26 good to see a positive reaction here rather than the negative reaction on Facebook (not another loan signing and stuff like that). Welcome to the club :-)
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FrankMarshall added 09:50 - Jun 26 Good signing, sounds like a very highly rated player but don't like the shirt. Wonder if we could tempt Reece James and Dujon Sterling to join him from Chelsea. All part of the same youth set up and they're both versatile players. Reece James can play anywhere. Useful for a team with a small squad like ours.
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brian_a_mul added 10:01 - Jun 26 Trevoh has played with Dozzell and knows Downes and Nydam. Cant wait to this group play and develop together. Get Bish fit and we could have a very energetic and creative midfield! How exciting would that be
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SheffieldTractor added 10:40 - Jun 26 I think this is a brilliant signing - a totally different sort of centre back to Carter Vickers whom I saw many times a Bramall Lane and wasn't surprised that Wilder let go - prefering to use Richard Stearman as a ball playing centre of 3. Carter Vickers is a stopper but this guy can move the ball and I hope is a real statement of intent about how Hurst is going to want to play. I'm not a fan of Town giving match experience to Premiership younsters ahead of our own - I'd want Webster selected ahead of Chalobah on principle but hope they can play together which will give us much more possession.

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DebsyAngel added 11:08 - Jun 26 Best of luck here Trevoh! Looking forward to seeing you play.
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FenboyBlue added 11:36 - Jun 26 Knock me down with a feather, welcome Trevoh!
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TimmyH added 11:44 - Jun 26 Welcome Trevoh hope you have a good season with us...a good addition so well done ITFC. Shame about that dreadful home shirt and even worse sponsor and logo.
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tempzzzz added 12:58 - Jun 26 Trevohhhhhhh me little goal drillerrrrrrr. Welcome Trev.
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spanishblue added 13:34 - Jun 26 To me this is a big vote of confidence in P.H.from Chelsea,somebody must think he's got something to offer young Mr T.looks like we,re going to be young and lively,wonder when the talking began.it seems that PH was given job many moons ago,wonder what the next surprise is
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 14:03 - Jun 26 Got this job done very quickly. Impressive & an exciting addition. PH continues to impress.
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therein61 added 18:17 - Jun 26 Looking forward to seeing you on the park Trevoh! well done PH for getting him in the building although a loan it's a good signing with his versatility.
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Swn98 added 20:27 - Jun 26 Cobboldblue morally Bankrupt/ i like a bet but nothing about that advert would make me want to visit their site.
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Talbs77 added 21:39 - Jun 26 Certainly not going to lose looks very tall. Good luck to the boy obviously highly thought of we're on our way!
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Northstandveteran added 08:08 - Jun 27 The shirt looks like it's been won from a Christmas cracker and why is he been pictured holding it in front of an up and over lock up door? The whole situation looks cheap and tacky and totally unprofessional. Surely it wouldn't have been that difficult to take these photos somewhere more befitting to our famous club. Anyway, gripe over. Good to see an up and coming youngster at the club. Good luck Trevoh.

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