Town have confirmed the signing of Conor Chaplin from Barnsley.

The 24-year-old forward joins on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £750,000.

“Maybe people looking in from the outside and seeing me drop from the Championship to League One might think it’s surprising but I don’t want to be in this division for long and Ipswich match my own ambitions,” Chaplin told iFollow Ipswich.

“It’s a massive club anyway but speaking to the gaffer and the people here, I can see what they want to achieve.

“As a player it’s important to play for a club that wants to really go somewhere and it’s exciting to be part of that.

“Obviously I know the gaffer well from our time together at Portsmouth and he was a big part in me coming here as well. I know how he likes his teams to play and I know how he is as a manager as well. There are no grey areas and that’s important to me. I can’t wait to get going now.”

Blues boss Paul Cook added: “I worked with Conor at Portsmouth and he is one of the nicest young men you could meet. He’s an infectious character, he loves football and he will settle into the dressing room in five minutes.

“He’s a natural finisher too. He’s probably the best finisher I have ever worked with in fact.

“With our attacking options now, I feel like we could be in a place where we can score goals at any stage in a game - that’s exciting.”

Chaplin is the Blues’ 10th signing of the summer and the second today following the addition of central defender George Edmundson.

Town CEO, Mark Ashton said: “It’s been a busy day and we are delighted to bring both George and Conor to the club. We wish them every success here.

“We are continuing to work on adding to the squad further before the season kicks off on 7th August and we will see what develops over the coming days.”

Chaplin came through the youth system at Pompey having joined them aged six and broke into their senior side in 2014/15 and was a regular in Cook’s side at Fratton Park after he took over at the start of the following campaign and a member of the squad which carried off the 2016/17 League Two title.

Worthing-born Chaplin joined Coventry on loan in the summer of 2018 with the move becoming a permanent switch in the January. The following summer he moved to Barnsley on a four-year deal.

In 2020/21 5ft 7in tall Chaplin, who plays wide or centrally as a number 10, made 34 starts and five sub appearances, scoring four goals.

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bernie added 19:13 - Jul 27 Awesome news fair play to the new owners , welcome Conor to our fantastic club
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mib added 19:22 - Jul 27 I wish footballers would go back to being clean shaven, they all look the same to me.
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JewellintheTown added 19:24 - Jul 27 Well, this season should be fun!
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mickeyjb added 19:26 - Jul 27 Great video montage (if you turn the music off)!!! Wasn't we in for Caplin when he left Pompey? Well rated and liked at Pompey too I believe.
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ringwoodblue added 19:35 - Jul 27 Wow, I can't keep up with this level of transfer activity! My Pompey mate tells me that he's surprised Chaplin has reunited with Cook as when he last played for him, he didn't get much game time and thought they didn't get on. Hopefully this is all in the past.
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BcarefulwhatUWish4 added 19:38 - Jul 27 Great news and welcome to the club!
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ArnieM added 19:47 - Jul 27 Just Celina and Coulson to get in now then 👍😇
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Razor added 19:57 - Jul 27 ArnieM you are spot on and if we get them the bookies will stop taking money on us getting promotion-----how many season tickets sold now Phil!?
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Mariner1974 added 20:06 - Jul 27 Good signing. Natural Finisher. Like the look of this lad.
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fransthyssen added 20:06 - Jul 27 Celina would be the icing,fans would put they're arms around him from previous connections to them and he could enlighten the team as to how the fans/ground can be absolutely awesome at Portman Road!
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Cadiar added 20:06 - Jul 27 WhoisJimmyJuan said something like never known anything like this with the number of signings, well I suppose Hurst did sign a lot but nowhere near the quality of these guys. What I really like about the latest two is they are the right age, they are ambitious, they seem really good characters and both obviously could be playing at a higher level. I'm really impressed with all that is happening and very, very optomistic for the season ahead, haven't felt like this for years. When you look at the chaos at Derby and what we are doing I feel very lucky.

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Marinersnose added 20:13 - Jul 27 Mate plays for Barnsley. Reckon he's fairly decent but didn't get much game time last season. Short and stocky but won't play as a target man. Should be a good signing for us. Stats suggest he played a fair few but must have been daub appearances
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TimmyH added 20:19 - Jul 27 Blimey can't keep pace of the amount of players now coming in!...he's bound to do well he's got a Foden pudding bowl haircut. All the best Conor...ITFC will have to hold a pre-season welcoming with all the new faces.
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DaGremloid added 20:22 - Jul 27 '34 starts and five sub appearances, scoring four goals.' I hope that improves but welcome to the club, mate.
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dirtydingusmagee added 20:27 - Jul 27 the day just got better, another over the line ,welome to ITFC Conor . I expect someone on here wont be happy [cant think who ]but im well pleased with the way its going . COYB
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planetblue_2011 added 20:57 - Jul 27 Get in another exciting player we have signed today, just hope these players all get quickly! Welcome Conor wish you all the success
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bluesteal74 added 21:30 - Jul 27 A big welcome Conor Chaplin to #itfc pity you couldn't play against Colchester tonight we could of done with you and the CB who signed today.
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Gforce added 22:33 - Jul 27 Welcome to the pride of anglia Conor, I'm sure you'll be mustard in this league.
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Lightningboy added 22:50 - Jul 27 Seriously fantastic work by everybody at the club with all of these new signings. Feeling strangely positive for the first time in a very long time. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 💙
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Paperboymatt added 10:30 - Jul 28 I admittedly only started with town w hen we had the promotion in 2000, not as long compared to some supporters & was using another ticket to get in to watch them. Now there will be some ppl who will be perfectly happy to call me glory supporter & your entitle to your opinion...but I saw enough by the time we got relegated to get my own season ticket & has ever since through alsorts. In my time down there I've never seen such a change with owners/management & the playing staff turnover. So much change in a short time but quality of it aswell...I will be getting both shirts & actually looking forward with great optimism what the coming season could bring us all

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Brazils_Hair added 11:45 - Jul 28 Welcome to Portman Road Charlie! I think you are a great signing and very much look forward to seeing you help us win the division title this year! Its all good news coming from the home of football at the moment.
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istanblue added 18:20 - Jul 28 Remember how the sages on here were saying there was no chance Championship players would drop down a level and come here? LMAFO
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