Town have confirmed the signing of midfielder Samy Morsy from Middlesbrough on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, the Blues’ 19th and final senior addition of the transfer window.

News that Morsy was being targeted by Town emerged over the weekend but it’s believed manager Paul Cook has had his eye on his former Chesterfield and Wigan captain throughout the summer.

“I’m absolutely delighted. My relationship with Samy is there for everyone to see dating back to when we were at Chesterfield together,” Cook told the club site.

"Samy, again, has been a long-term target. He’s someone that we have had to be patient with and wait to bring in similarly to Bersant Celina.

“They were both long-term targets and we’re absolutely delighted to have them both at the club.

"I can only thank Mark Ashton and the owners for their continued backing for bringing in a strong character and a good player like Samy Morsy."

The Egyptian international was understood to be happy with Boro and wary about dropping into League One but the lure of playing for Cook once again appears to have persuaded the 29-year-old to move down a division.

Middlesbrough were unwilling to allow Morsy to depart until they added to their midfield options and just over an hour ago they confirmed the signing of James Lea Siliki on loan from Renne.

It seems likely that Cook will hand Morsy the skipper's armband worn so far this season by Lee Evans on what has always appeared a temporary basis.

Early in the window, Morsy began following Town on Twitter leading to speculation that a reunion with Cook might well be on the cards, while the Blues boss name-checked his former skipper when discussing consistency in one of his early Town press conferences.

Defensive midfielder Morsy was a youth player with hometown club Wolves and Port Vale where he made his breakthrough into senior football.

Cook took him to the Spireites in July 2013 and helped them to the League Two title in his first season, before he joined the Latics for a fee of £200,000 in January 2016 prior to the Blues boss taking over at the DW Stadium. Morsy helped Wigan to the League One titles in 2015/16 and under Cook 2017/18.

While a Latic, Morsy spent time on loan at Barnsley and joined Boro in September 2020, signing a three-year deal.

Morsy was shown a straight red card in what’s set to become his final appearance for the Teessiders, Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Blackburn.

That dismissal would see him miss three games, although Boro announced their intention to appeal.

Morsy completes a remarkable summer for the Blues with 19 senior additions - plus development squad member Callum Page - signed, while 23 professionals have departed on a permanent basis - as well as last year's six loanees - since April.

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arablue added 00:19 - Sep 1 It was just after 5am over here when this news broke! Well done to MA and PC. The next 10 days would be crucial to get things going.
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BlueHairedGoon added 00:20 - Sep 1 Well, that has been quite remarkable. Never known a transfer window like it.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 05:09 - Sep 1 Well, I confess to having been sceptical that this last position would be filled, or at least to having assumed it would be an alternative. Ashton's input has been exceptional and he seems to have backed up all the promises with action. Forgive an ITFC fan for doubting, given our previous history. Cook has set himself up to ”win or disappear” as we say in Swedish (sounds better in the original because it rhymes). Over to you, Paul.

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tractorboybig added 07:25 - Sep 1 well cook you have all the players you want the back room staff you want......NOW produce no more excuses
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dirtydingusmagee added 07:31 - Sep 1 Will the gaffer call him Morsy or Mor's . ?
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JewellintheTown added 07:47 - Sep 1 The Ipswich Avengers have all finally been assembled. Not sure if Celina is Iron Man or Morsy, but between them we've got our Captain Ipswich!
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JewellintheTown added 07:48 - Sep 1 P. S. I think our new walk out music should now be the Avengers theme tune.
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Len_Brennan added 07:49 - Sep 1 A promotion winning/successful side needs to have 2 strong senior players for every position; so we are told. We now have: GK - Walton & Hladky (Holy?) RB - Vincent-Young & Donacien LB - Coulson & Penny (Kenloch?) CH - Edmondson & Burgess, Nsiala & Woolfenden CM/DM - Harper, Morsy, Evans & Carroll RF - Burns & Chaplin (Aluko) #10 - Fraser, Celina LF - Edwards & Barry CF/#9 - Pigott & Bonne (Norwood & Jackson) That is one hell of a squad for League 1, and I've probably left someone out. We have time now to work on formation/tactics/gelling & what the manager expects before our next game, so we should have every confidence that we will gobble up the points & close in on the top 6 positions over the come weeks.

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Paddy39 added 07:59 - Sep 1 With the Wycombe game postponed it is possible we could be level bottom of the division before we play again. That will be a nice starting position for PC's revolution to kick in. Fans can now see the assembled squad we have and by Christmas we should be right up there in the mix. COYB's.
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brittaniaman added 09:06 - Sep 1 With this squad Cook and Ashton have put together we should Romp this League !!! also stand our Ground in the Championship, Next season Maybe ???
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martin587 added 09:07 - Sep 1 I applaud the owners and especially our CEO Mark for the fantastic job he has done In securing an outstanding quad of players.some of the signings are unbelievable and to come out on top of championship clubs is a feat on its own.Now we have to be patient and allow PC to get his team playing to his system.On paper we appear to have the best team in this league now let's get behind them and the good times will surely come.

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BangaloreBlues added 09:17 - Sep 1 That's quite a side we've put together. It'll be interesting what happens when they finally "gel" in February :-)
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ldnj added 09:40 - Sep 1 BangaloreBlues There's another transfer window before Feb, a whole new squad could be bought ...
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littlemiz added 09:52 - Sep 1 is he any good? never heard of him
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roystevensonsrocket added 10:43 - Sep 1 We've got to remember we will lose him for quite a few games in January due to African cup.
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midastouch added 10:56 - Sep 1 Can't fault the owners, they are certainly trying to do their part to get the ball rolling. Hopefully with these final additions we have what's needed to get moving in the right direction after a very sluggish start! Can't wait to see the teamsheet for the next game. We have made a lot of changes in the first few games (which is understandable given all the new additions). It would be nice to start to get a more settled team throughout this month now though as there is often a correlation between teams that are struggling to get points making more changes to their starting line ups, compared to teams that are more settled.

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Razor added 10:59 - Sep 1 No excuses now Cookie-----wind them up and let them go!!
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Orraman added 11:03 - Sep 1 This signing is the cherry on the cake. Fantastic work by Mark Ashton throughout summer. Such a shame he probably misses first three games due to suspension and as @roystevensonsrocket says will probably lose him in January as well. However that still leaves around 35 games for Sam to make his mark. Surely this weeks three additions will now kick off a sure and steady climb up the league

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Michael101 added 11:20 - Sep 1 13years of gloom ,ipswich s coming home. I always hated that song until now.what difference a new owner makes,over to you Mr cook.
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Michael101 added 11:27 - Sep 1 Roystevensonsrocket, I thought a few years ago they were talking about playing the African cup the same time as the euro's or has the kung flu put a stop to that idea?
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Steelmonkey added 12:13 - Sep 1 It's nice to see so many borough fans upset and saying it's a big mistake letting him go from their camp. I think that speaks volumes about the man's ability.
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 13:04 - Sep 1 I am in shock, I have read though twice just to be sure and there is not one negative post on here. Is this perhaps a record on TWTD? Just to be clear I am chuffed about everything that has happened this season.
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Lightningboy added 16:38 - Sep 1 Hopefully he can have the same impact Magilton did on the team.
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