Town will travel to face French Ligue 1 side AJ Auxerre at Stade Abbé-Deschamps in a friendly on Saturday 2nd August (KO 6pm local time, 5pm UK).

The Blues had previously announced that they would be playing a second overseas friendly in addition to the game against Blau-Weiß Linz following their Austrian training camp.

The game against Auxerre, who finished 11th in Ligue 1 last season, is likely to be Town’s final friendly before the 2024/25 campaign gets under way the following weekend.

The Blues faced French opposition in pre-season last summer when they beat OGC Nice 1-0 at Portman Road, Axel Tuanzebe netting the goal.

Town won’t have time to host a Portman Road friendly this year with the annual scrape and seed of the pitch being carried out either side of the Ed Sheeran concerts.

A full list of the friendlies announced so far can be found here.

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MickMillsTash added 17:43 - Jun 17 200km SE of Paris 2 hours by train An opportunity for a romantic trip? wowing the better half with your haggling skills when negotiating for a model Eiffel Tower, Quick Look at the PSG ground and then slip off to Auxerre for the afternoon whilst she peruses a museum ? Not been rudely treated by The French for a while - F2ck knows what their passport control queue is like post Brexit.

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oioihardy added 18:08 - Jun 17 One bit closer to home please im not asking too much
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blueboy1981 added 18:45 - Jun 17 Not so concerned about Friendlies - we need some signed replacements !
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Thijssen1 added 19:03 - Jun 17 Maybe wait until the window actually opens blueboy?
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Edmundo added 19:12 - Jun 17 MMT having done Le Shuttle, the French are like UK passport/customs; understaffed and grumpy.good luck persuading the missus. Unfortunately we're over there a few weeks too early.
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jas0999 added 19:44 - Jun 17 A good test prior to the season proper. Let’s hope the new signings - to which we need at least eight - are well bedded in by then. More importantly, hopefully the long term injured are ready to go by then!
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Northstandveteran added 20:26 - Jun 17 Will this game be played over 90 minutes? I only ask because of previous disappointment of fans who have travelled abroad to watch matches that haven't been full matches.
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trevski_s added 21:08 - Jun 17 @northstandveteran I would have thought this one would be the full length as its probably the final friendly before the new season starts. Whether the main team plays the full 90 minutes though will be interesting to see. Probs swap the team around the 60-70 minute mark
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Jugsy added 21:22 - Jun 17 Personally chuffed. Followed Auxerre as a lad, they had a great team. Mexes and Boumsong pairing at the back, midfield with Tainio Faye Kapo Fadiga and Cisse up top. Fabian Cool in goal and a manager who’d been there for decades. A proper football club.
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Marcus added 07:18 - Jun 18 Can we find more teams starting with an A for pre-season?
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bluejacko added 09:09 - Jun 18 Don’t worry mickmillstash the queue will be the same as before Brexit as we were not in the Schengen zone :)
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Linkboy13 added 11:44 - Jun 18 Don't pay any regard to Friendlies remember last year we had a couple of good victories against highly regarded European teams against mainly their second or third teams and looked what happened after that. Definitely won't be going to any more friendlies at Portman road that's for the bobble hat and scarf brigade if you know what i mean.
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Jugsy added 14:49 - Jun 18 Linkboy13 - i'm sure that you'll be missed.... particularly as no home friendlies are planned.
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