Town are close to agreeing a season-long loan for Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips.

According to the The Telegraph, the Blues are “on the brink” of doing a deal which would see the England international move to Portman Road and TWTD understands that to be the case.

Completing the signing of the 28-year-old would be a major coup for the Blues, Phillips having been an England regular as recently as last year and overall having won 31 full caps, scoring once.

Phillips has, however, had a frustrating time since joining City for £45 million in the summer of 2022 from Leeds, making only two league starts and 14 sub appearances for the Premier League champions, then spending the second half of last season on loan at West Ham where he started only three top flight matches in addition to playing five games from the bench.

Fulham and Everton have also been linked, while Manchester City were reported to ideally be targeting a permanent sale with the Leeds-born schemer not in manager Pep Guardiola’s plans, despite impressing in pre-season playing at centre-half.

The Blues are also understood to be closing in on the loan signature of Napoli midfielder Jens Cajuste, who is reported to be travelling back to the UK, having returned to Italy after the breakdown of his switch to Brentford.

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WiltsBlue added 14:54 - Aug 15 This is great news with what has already shown with the signings the club has made so far.. It also shows the clubs intent on not only surviving the first season back in the Prem but clearly looking at the future and making Ipswich Town a force amongst the Big Boys... I certainly think the future looks the most exciting than ever before and cant wait for the season to start.... CONYB..

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