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Jackson Arrives at Town as Blues Close in on Ninth Signing Wednesday, 8th Aug 2018 13:57
Kayden Jackson has arrived at Town to undergo his medical and complete the formalities relating to his £1.6 million move from Accrington Stanley, TWTD understands. The switch is expected to be confirmed either later today or tomorrow morning.
The fee for Jackson, who scored 16 goals as Accrington won the League Two title last season having joined from Barnsley last summer, is an initial £1.6 million, potentially rising to around £2 million after top-ups, while there will also be a sell-on clause. The Tykes will receive 30 per cent of the profit Stanley make on the player they signed for a nominal fee.
Blues boss Paul Hurst has been tracking the 24-year-old, who previously played for him on loan at Grimsby, for a number of weeks.
TWTD reported that Town had offered £1.5 million early last week but with Accrington valuing Jackson at £2.5 million. Negotiations continued, however, and it appears an agreement was finally reached yesterday.
QPR and Peterborough were also in the hunt for Jackson, while Saturday’s opponents Rotherham and Preston were also both keen earlier in the summer.
Bradford-born Jackson started his professional career with Swindon following success in a 2013 Win a Pro Contract competition run by Samsung when a player with Albion Sports in the Northern Counties East League Division One.
While with the Robins, he had spells on loan at Swindon Supermarine and Oxford City, prior to stints with Tamworth, Wrexham and Barnsley before his loan with Grimsby and his permanent switch to his current club last summer.
Jackson will become Hurst’s ninth signing of the summer following confirmation of Toto Nsiala and Jon Nolan’s switches from Shrewsbury this morning and the previous additions of Trevoh Chalobah, Jordan Roberts, Ellis Harrison, Janoi Donacien, Gwion Edwards and Tayo Edun.
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Since we have so many league 1/2 players then there no pressure on the team. The team just need to play with passion and attacking Football. It will make me a happy man. I am quite sure PH would have pasted the bookies odds on the team door. The team would love to prove them wrong !
This is looking like one of the quickest front lines I've ever seen for Ipswich. To think that a few years back we started the season with Balint Bajner up front haha!
@itfckal I can name plenty of lower league players who have made the grade. Okay I have a question for you name one team that has ever achieved anything after signing a whole new team with no experinece in that league before.... Ill wait.
All I am suggesting is that its all well and good signing these young players but you need some sort of experience to help/assist these players. Not sure why this concept is so hard to grasp??
I like how this is shaping up. How many Championship clubs have tried the quick fix with big money experienced signing and failed? Too many. I think Paul Hurst is building something here and it may take some time so we must be patient and supportive. If you put a jigsaw together it's not about how nice each individual piece looks, it's about pieces that fit and create the big picture.
Richard Wright (no Prem experience) Fabian Wilnis (signed from Dutch second Div) Jamie Clapham (no Prem appearances at Spurs) Herman Hreidarsson (2 x relegated from Prem) John McGreal (signed from L1 - Tranmere) Mark Venus (no Prem experience) Matt Holland (signed from L1 - Bournemouth - no Prem appearances at West Ham) Jermaine Wright (signed from Crewe) Jim Magilton (Prem with Sheff Wed & Soton) James Scowcroft (no Prem experience) Marcus Stewart (no Prem experience)
That 11 got us 5th in Premiership; only 2 players had any Prem experience. Does this side indicate buying from Lower Leagues is a huge problem?
Tommy, we all understand the point you are making, its just borning you keep writing it on every story. We get the point not sure why you keep having to repeat it?
@didsburyblue did the majority of that team not play together and wIn promotion to the premier league?? same scenario as Sheffield United last season. It was a whole new team put together after the season had already started
Tommy We could always sign a prem young player like Martin or JET, who I believe has just signed for Billericay Town. Rather get them on the way up and see the Town as a step up to better things than somewhere just to go to get a payday.
@TractorBoyTommy. Correct. However, the point remains the same - 9/11 had any Prem experience yet all coped with the step up.
The season before McGreal and Jermaine Wright were both signed from lower divisions and had no problems with the step up.
Secondly, these current new signings will be slotted into a team which contains players with Championship experience - Bart, Chambers, Knudsen, Skuse, etc. Therefore its not a whole new team.
Judging by the rest of the comments on this thread I'd quit while you're behind sunshine.
As we all know, apart from loan signings allowed to the end of August, the transfer window closes at 5pm tomorrow. Unless I have missed something there has been no mention or reference to Tilt since Monday. Is his acquisition likely I wonder?
Oh Tommy........you tit! Hold your horses until at least Christms, see where we are then with position, quality of player & quality of performance then make a judgment....ok? I for one will accept 14th place this season as long as the football improves [which it will I hope] & we go from strength to strength. Look up in Oxford English Dictionary the word 'optimistic'......then follow the instructions! There's a good lad!
@didsburyblue not sure how im behind?? If you read the comments I have made on previous threads I have a lot of support from Ipswich fans who agree with me. Luckily they dont have their blue tinted glasses on and can see the bigger picture unlike yourself and the other keyboard warriors on here with with comments like bore off, and the best one was a comment suggesting every player we have signed will be in the same class as kevin keegan... that did make me chuckle
Tractorboy Tommy: I hear and understand what you keep saying but I'm looking to next season. I'm positive this squad will keep us in this division ( hopefully top half). Next season they will all have a season's worth of Championship experience and that is when I'm looking to make a real push to get out of this league. Paul Hurst has spent his managerial career pushing teams towards the top of their various divisions and here and now he's been given reasonable funds by ME to build a special team. I didn't mind Mm but apart from his second season we seemed to be going backwards with a squad full of "experienced" Championship players. The fans have been clamouring to try something different. ME listened and since the end of last season has been an almost perfect owner: a bold choice of manager and allowing him to rebuild the squad. I say Again: we were going nowhere!
@RRanger finally someone with a brain. Your the first person with a constructive arguement and agree with you. I hope your right and we can stay in the championship this season and like you said make a push next season. Win lose or draw I will be there
TBTommy: This team PH is building is very exciting — it's what I (and many many others) want to see from ITFC It's worth noting that no-one on here is saying ‘We're going to win the league with this lot…' But, with this team we will beat the teams around us, therefore won't go down As a prototype this is exactly the sort of team / players I want to see week in week out, that I'm sure will develop over the next couple of seasons…therefore I will stay excited….but not quite as excited as JackStead!
1) After previous years and not just referring to MM this is an exciting time.
2) We have had squads of players with plenty of championship experience and most seasons of late been struggling. Championship experience is not necessarily the be all and end all. Nor is Premiership experience. Mbappe seemed to do ok at the World Cup .. despite no World cup experience.. same for most of the England team too!
3) New manager - wants HIS team that can play HIS way and adapt to HIS ideas.
4) Waghorn offer was too good to turn down given how much he had cost a year ago.
5) Not only will some of last seasons squad become set in their ways under MM ... BUT also some may well have simply wanted out after the toxic atmosphere at many games over a sustained period of time ... look at the treatment of Douglas, and many others since.
6) Certainly not expecting a squad with this many new members, AND a new manager to gel together overnight - this season is very much a rebuilding project - at all levels within the club.
7) For the first time in years .. there is genuine competition for places .. no more "proper blokes" ....
8) AND this will also hopefully lead to the much hoped for improved cup runs .. which are vital for a club such as ours for the injection of funds they can provide - and ignored under previous managerS
9) With the papers/pundits/bookies making us 3rd favourites for relegation .. thats been based on the squad with plenty of championship experience ....which no longer exists!
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