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Dobra Close to Agreeing New Deal
Tuesday, 14th Apr 2020 11:45

Blues youngster Armando Dobra is close to agreeing a new three-year Town deal with the club having an option for a further season.

As previously reported, the Albanian U21 call-up had turned down earlier contract offers with the forward’s current terms up in the summer, although with the club having an option to keep him for an additional season.

However, following discussions in the last few days an agreement is now all but reached and it’s expected the Londoner will put formally put pen to paper on his new terms at Portman Road once the coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

TWTD revealed in January that Brighton and Hove Albion had made a £350,000 offer for Dobra, who broke into the Blues first team earlier this season and quickly became a fans’ favourite.

Dobra, who turns 19 today, has made three League One sub appearances in addition to four cup starts and one game from the bench, scoring his only goal in his senior debut at Luton in the Carabao Cup in August.


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Bergholt_Blue added 11:52 - Apr 14
Great news about dobs
A very exciting player
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MaySixth added 11:54 - Apr 14
Great news but we have to include him more next season.
He needs to develop with us, not another club on loan or in the U23s
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midastouch added 12:27 - Apr 14
I'll be thrilled if this gets done! Was worried he might be considering other options after limited first team game time this season. And also with Brighton trying to steal him from us at the eleventh hour during the last transfer deadline day. If we don't get at least one or two fruitful seasons with Dobra in the first team I think we will probably live to regret it. I'm not a current season ticket holder but if Dobra was playing more I'd definitely consider coming to watch Ipswich more frequently. I love watching tricky players that can run with the ball and sadly we've been starved of players like that for far too long.
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midastouch added 12:28 - Apr 14
Also, see a comment about this in the forum:
Good news on Dobra by SomethingBlue 14 Apr 2020 12:27
Bumped into someone close to that situation a little while back who suggested it wasn't exactly leaning in Town's favour. Plenty of interested parties around who fancied giving him a try if Town wouldn't. Suspect that, assuming he does indeed sign, we'll see a lot more of him when football starts again. The thought of him and Lankester both going at opposition defences is a (vanishingly rare, I admit) bright spot to look forward to.

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ArnieM added 13:36 - Apr 14
This Club must wake up and start playing OUR kids more . If they aren't going to do it in League One, then they never will.
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runningout added 14:07 - Apr 14
Hopefully a few of our younger players use this lockdown on strength work, and keep it going when football eventually starts
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Dissboyitfc added 14:21 - Apr 14
Great news, agree with other posters, we need to start giving more game time to our youngsters!
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OwainG1992 added 15:05 - Apr 14
This is part of the reason I hoped Klug would have took the job permanently when Mick left.
To entice and push forward the younger lads.
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shady added 15:12 - Apr 14
Happy Birthday Dobs

would be the best signing of the season
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therein61 added 16:46 - Apr 14
Just get him signed Town he is the future(along with other youngsters currently in and around the squad) and his signing would be a great uplift at this depressing time,
Stay well all you guys(and your families)
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ThaiBlue added 18:06 - Apr 14
Get Dobra and the other young ones in when the season re starts,get a little bit of an idear for next season how well they will do,and get rid of the deadwood in the team sureley cant do any harm as we aint going up this year.
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leftie1972 added 18:23 - Apr 14
Finally some good news! Armies barmy army!
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stevelincsexile added 19:58 - Apr 14
I have a feeling we may not lose anyone the way things are going a lot of clubs will not have the money to sign new players.
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unknown100 added 22:10 - Apr 14
Lancaster, dobra could play big parts next season, if there's a next season, must keep a hold of woolfenden and downes or get big money for them
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Razor added 11:07 - Apr 15
Not seen the best of this guy yet----to do so we must play him more I would suggest!!
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 13:35 - Apr 15
Agree about Dobs, Lancaster and Downes, also El Miz I think
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Daniel72 added 21:21 - Apr 15
Come on The Town! DOBRA!
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Daniel72 added 21:27 - Apr 15
Downes for captain? Not to take anything away from Chambers... but a handover?
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RobsonWark added 23:19 - Apr 15
I'm sorry but did I miss something on that video? I've watched it twice and if that's his highlights video...He didn't create anything, scored one goal. You guys going mad on him...
Look anyone playing in the same team as Chambers will always look amazing. Mark a bloke once in a game, make one tackle in a game, don't mark space all the game, don't blame everyone else around you for your own mistakes, win a header once in a game (if you can get near an opponent), not give away a penalty when you actually do try and make a tackle in a game, BUT can Dobra do a good fist pump...
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midastouch added 15:00 - Apr 16
Is this still close? Fingers crossed!
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