Town have confirmed the season-long loan signing Sweden international Jens Cajuste from Napoli.

Last week, the 25-year-old had been near to joining Brentford on a loan with a view to a £10 million permanent signing, however, that switch broke down, reportedly after the Gothenburg-born midfielder failed a medical.

Subsequently, the Blues agreed a deal with the Serie A side and he underwent a medical on Friday before watching Saturday’s Premier League opener against Liverpool from the directors’ box with his family.

Town are understood to have paid a €1.5 million (£1.3 million) loan fee with a mandatory €12 million (£10.2 million) buy-out should the Blues stay up.
 
“This feels great and I’m happy to be here,” Carjuste, the Blues’ ninth signing of the summer, told TownTV. “It took a little while with the negotiations but I’m finally here and I’m very excited.
 
“I’ve had great conversations with the manager and this seems like a very interesting project. It’s an ambitious club and a team that is progressing.
 
“I’m a player that works hard and I want to contribute inattack and defence. I want to play as much as possible and I’ll be looking to get some good tackles in!”
 
Blues boss Kieran McKenna added: “We’re really happy to add Jens to the squad.
 
“He gives us another different profile to our midfield and puts us in a strong position in that department.
 
“Jens has a lot of experience across top leagues in Europe and in international football. He brings good physical and technical qualities to the squad and he is a very dedicated and committed professional.”

Cajuste, who has won 23 full caps, started his career in Sweden with Örgryte IS before moving on to Denmark’s Midtjylland and then Reims in France.

He joined Napoli for €12 million (£10 million) a year ago, signing a five-year deal. Last season, Cajuste, who has featured in the Champions League with Midtjylland and Napoli, recorded two assists in 26 appearances in Serie A without scoring.

Premier League clubs are allowed only two domestic loans at one time, four over the course of a season, as well as six international loans, although with exemptions relating to players under-21.

Cajuste takes the number of players who qualify for the 25-man Premier League squad to 25, plus Liam Delap, Omari Hutchinson and Cameron Humphreys, who are under 21.

It's likely Freddie Ladapo and perhaps one or two others, such as George Edmundson, Cieran Slicker, Ali Al-Hamadi or Marcus Harness, may move out on loan in order to free up more space.

Town’s last Swedish player was striker Jonas Axeldal, who was a member of the squad which won promotion to the Premier League in 2000.

The Blues’ only other Swede was loanee forward Niklas Gudmundsson, who was in the side which reached the play-offs in 1996/97.

Photo: ITFC/Matchday Images

londontractor85 added 19:04 - Aug 19 Welcome to Town Jens!
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Lukeybluey added 19:05 - Aug 19 Look forward to seeing this lad play
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bluejacko added 19:05 - Aug 19 Goodo!welcome
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warktheline added 19:06 - Aug 19 Excellent news! Personally believe McKenna is still looking at getting another 2-3 quality players through the doors at Portman Road .
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Guthrum added 19:06 - Aug 19 Good stuff!
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Cakeman added 19:09 - Aug 19 Sounds like an excellent signing. Good to have more players with experience at a high level. Excuse my thickness but what does this £10.2 million mandatory buyout mean? Is this an option to buy him or something different?
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 19:12 - Aug 19 More good news, more good business.
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Daninthecampo added 19:13 - Aug 19 @Cakeman it means if we stay up.we have to buy him for £10.2m
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Counagoal added 19:13 - Aug 19 Cakeman, it means that we have to buy him for 10 mil if we stay up this season. May as well hand the money over now!
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ITFCMonk added 19:14 - Aug 19 Cakeman, it means we buy him if we stay up
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MK1 added 19:20 - Aug 19 Another great bit of business one hopes. We are in safe hands.
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Kentish_Tractor added 19:20 - Aug 19 Welcome Jens! Adds much needed legs to our midfield. Not 100% on the pronunciation (maybe Phil can help) but from the commentary I've seen they pronounce it Ka-yoo-sta
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ArnieM added 19:21 - Aug 19 Take that Brentford, lol
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victorysquad added 19:22 - Aug 19 Looking forward to seeing him play. When we play Brentford he will realise it has worked out well for him
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Van_Blue added 19:23 - Aug 19 just watched the townTv interview, looks classic McKenna type, bright, cheerful, confident without being arrogant and looking at his video CV some great tackles he has put in. All in all looks a great signing. Welcome to Townen.
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Van_Blue added 19:25 - Aug 19 was going to add .. end of season buy clause is bonus.
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BeattiesBackPocket added 19:26 - Aug 19 Now we’re cooking! Happy with this.
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Pessimistic added 19:28 - Aug 19 If you look at videos on YouTube of this player you will quickly see that he is technically very good and can slide past defenders as if they are not there. I think he will be a real asset, and as others have suggested, we may as well pay Napoli the 10 million now. He is worth every penny!
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LegendofthePhoenix added 19:28 - Aug 19 Welcome to ITFC Jens, our midfield was looking like a weak spot a week ago - not any more.
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Cakeman added 19:31 - Aug 19 Daninthecampo, Counagoal and ITFCMonk thank you for the explanation. This could work out very well for us as I’m very confident that we shall stay up!
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ImAbeliever added 19:33 - Aug 19 ‘this seems like a very interesting project’ you’re not wrong their mate just anyone who has supported Town for the last 23 years. Welcome aboard.
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ImAbeliever added 19:34 - Aug 19 ‘ask’
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SuffolkPunchFC added 19:34 - Aug 19 Great signing. Looking forward to him playing on Saturday. Wasn’t expecting to hear the strong American accent or turn of speech !,,,
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Gforce added 19:37 - Aug 19 Brentford are usually very good at picking up gems from abroad, so hopefully we've got a good one at their expense. Still not sure how he failed the medical at Brentford, but passed it here though ? I would imagine we'll sign another 3/4 before the window closes,happy days.
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Saxonblue74 added 19:42 - Aug 19 Love this. Much as I love Massimo I think he's going to struggle in the prem, this could be the answer. Physical,technical and experienced at top level. What's not to like?!
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