Blues central defender Elkan Baggott has been named in a 26-man Indonesia squad for a training camp in Surabaya from Monday 5th June.

The camp is preparation for friendlies against Palestine in Surabaya on Wednesday 14th June and World Cup holders Argentina, a game in which Baggott could face Lionel Messi, five days later in Jakarta.

Baggott spent the second half of the season on loan at Cheltenham but made only one senior appearance while at Whaddon Road, injury having hampered his spell with the Robins.

The 20-year-old had spent the first half of the campaign in League Two with Gillingham, making 27 starts and two appearances from the bench, while scoring his first three senior goals.

Baggott has previously won 14 senior caps and has netted two international goals.

Indonesia: Edo Febriansyah (Persib Bandung), Marc Klok (Persib Bandung), Ricky Kambuaya (Persib Bandung), Rachmat Irianto (Persib Bandung), Reza Arya Pratama (PSM Makassar), Yacob Sayuri (PSM Makassar), Yance Sayuri (PSM Makassar), Syahrul Trisna (Persikabo 1973), Andy Setyo (Persikabo 1973), Dimas Drajad (Persikabo 1973), Witan Sulaeman (Persija Jakarta), Rizky Ridho (Persija Jakarta), Dendy Sulistyawan (Bhayangkara FC), Ernando Ari (Persebaya Surabaya), Fachruddin Aryanto (Madura United), Stefano Lilipaly (Borneo FC), Jordi Amat (Johor Darul Tazim), Saddil Ramdani (Sabah FC), Pratama Arhan (Tokyo Verdy), Asnawi Mangkualam (Jeonnam Dragons), Sandy Walsh (KV Mechelen), Shayne Pattynama (Viking FK), Marselino Ferdinan (KMSK Deinze), Ivar Jenner (Jong Utrecht), Rafael Struick (ADO Den Hag), Elkan Baggott (Ipswich Town).

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leftie1972 added 18:21 - May 27 Won't that be a fantastic story to tell. ‘When I played against Messi'. Good luck EB
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Linkboy13 added 19:43 - May 27 Got a lot of work to do to gain a place in the Ipswich squad im afraid.
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LegendofthePhoenix added 05:12 - May 28 Linkboy, EVERYONE has a lot of work to do to get a place in the Ipswich squad. No free rides.
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Nomore4 added 10:23 - May 28 Indonesia national squad has the quality of a pub team. And unfortunately for Elkan he has the quality to match Chesterfield or maybe even Bury.
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Linkboy13 added 12:03 - May 28 Now we are in the championship the quality coming from our youth development has got to improve. Im old enough to remember in the Robson era we produced youngsters on a regular basis that played in the first team at a young age and even went on to play for England.
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algarvefan added 12:07 - May 28 Nomore4 I think this young man will prove you wrong, why have such a poor opinion of a 20 year old ? Give the lad a chance.
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Nomore4 added 12:21 - May 28 Just my opinion of the player I've seen thus far…..had chances but so far unimpressed, even when dropping down to L2 level.
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Ipswichbusiness added 14:54 - May 28 He was loaned to Gillingham and played regularly, earning a loan to Cheltenham. Unfortunately, that seems to have gone wrong and he hardly played a minute for Cheltenham, despite being fit enough to play international football. However, he has youth on his side and time to make good.
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Nomore4 added 15:57 - May 28 He played regularly for Gillingham as they dropped to the bottom of the football league.
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