Town manager Kieran McKenna answered that ‘it would be obvious’ when he was asked whether he would like to have on-loan Napoli midfielder Jens Cajuste at Portman Road next season with the Sweden international a player he and his staff like a lot.

Cajuste, 25, has been one of the club’s outstanding performers this season with fans citing him as one of the leading contenders for the Player of the Year award alongside Liam Delap and Dara O’Shea.

Town are understood to have paid a €1.5 million (£1.3 million) loan fee for Cajuste with a mandatory €12 million (£10.2 million) buy-out had they stayed in the Premier League.
 
Quizzed on whether he would want the Gothenburg-born schemer and whether that might be possible following relegation, McKenna said: “I think those conversations are for down the line. Would we like to have Jens at the club? He's somebody else's player, so I never like to answer too much, but I think it would be obvious.

“I think he's been one of the top performers this season and to do that in a team that's found it a big challenge and with some injury issues that he's been carrying and in a new league and new country and everything, I think it's a testament to his quality. 

“Of course, he's a player that we like a lot, but he's Napoli's player, he's here on loan. Any conversations to the contrary, I think they won't take place until the end of the season.”

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flykickingbybgunn added 16:28 - May 1 Keep him if we can. He has class.
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ruds added 16:29 - May 1 Probably the biggest plus for us this season. I'd love it, if the club pulls this permanent transfer out of the bag asap to show the direction of what we want to do next season!!
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Leejames99 added 16:37 - May 1 That's a no then, Morsy and Taylor will be his first choices with Humphries and a loan
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NorthLondonBlue2 added 17:49 - May 1 If we do decide to go for him, that would be an incredible statement of intent. Our biggest problem will be competing with a premier league side, particularly the newly promoted ones who will have noticed his capabilities. We can but hope and in Kieran we trust!
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armchaircritic59 added 18:11 - May 1 Would be an absolute diamond in the Championship if fully fit and able to play twice a week. In a different class to the great majority of Championship midfielders, and that might be one of the biggest problems we have in keeping him.
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Rimsy added 18:20 - May 1 I really like cajuste, but the chances of him being upto the rigours of a Championship campaign is doubtful. Wouldn't want to put all our buying capacity into him if he's not going to be available twice a week.
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thatsbonkers added 18:32 - May 1 Learning from this year we need to line up next season with a team that can not only win promotion but also have a better chance of surviving in the Premiership. Cajuste makes the cut. A number of others don’t have quite enough. Potentially there will be a significant shuffle of the pack, expect a number of arrivals and a number of surprising departures.
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Karlosfandangal added 19:02 - May 1 It’s possible with the sale of Delap….maybe
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benslifeyt added 20:00 - May 1 Like I said few weeks ago Lee James, cajuste doesn’t sign he’s better than us
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WestSussexBlue added 22:24 - May 1 Who would class as surprising departures? Certainly think Leif might be one to go, Burns, Burgess, Walton and possibly Hirst? I like George Hirst a lot, is he good enough for a consistent scoring threat in the Prem though?
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Leejames99 added 08:24 - May 2 @benslifwyt You are probaly right, I suppose it depends how settled he is but has certainly pit himself in shop window.
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JPR77 added 09:19 - May 2 I've long said Central midfield is where we've fallen short this season so if we can keep him, it's a no brainer for me.
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Linkboy13 added 09:21 - May 2 Being a former player myself you always want to play at the highest level possible as soon as you drop down a level your game suffers as well. Cajuste is a Swedish international so cannot see him staying at the club other Premier league clubs could make a move for him.
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BerksBlue15 added 11:39 - May 2 I thought we had an option to buy if we went down, and an obligation to buy if we stayed up, so says it would be more about personal terms and determining if we can buy a £10m midfielder as a Championship club (you'd hope so with parachute payments) than whether Napoli would consider selling him. I'd have him back in a heartbeat... https://onefootball.com/en/news/official-napoli-send-cajuste-to-ipswich-town-in-

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