Former Hastings, Ebbsfleet, Waterford, Aldershot and Braintree boss Danny Searle has revealed he is Town’s new loans manager.

Posting on Twitter, Searle, who left his role with Hastings in April after five months, said: “I’m excited to share that I’m joining Ipswich Town as loans manager.

“I want thank the club for the opportunity and looking forward to playing a part in developing players for the club’s future.”

Ex-Blues defender Chris Casement had been in that role but moved to assisting John McGreal as U21s coach during last season.

Searle coached in the youth set-ups at Southend, Chelsea, Charlton and West Ham before moving to Braintree as assistant manager in 2018 before being named boss the following January.

He left Cressing Road at the end of the season and took over the Shots, where he spent two and a half years.

A spell as a consultant with Witham followed before 10 months as manager of League of Ireland Waterford.

From June 2023 to January 2024, Searle was assistant head coach at Banik Ostrava in Czechia, prior to eight months in charge at Ebbsfleet and his recent stint at Hastings.

Searle has a UEFA Pro License and an LMA Diploma in Football Management.

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ITFCMonk added 16:26 - Jul 14 I remember Danny well from his time at Braintree. A good guy and hope it works out.
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Carberry added 16:36 - Jul 14 Could we have an explanation of what 'Loans Manager' actually does?
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WhoisJimmyJuan added 16:39 - Jul 14 My guess would be managing loans
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OliveR16 added 16:41 - Jul 14 WhoisJimmyJuan - yep, sounds about right.
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Carberry added 16:45 - Jul 14 Thanks Jimmy, does that mean finding them a house, doing their gardening, telling them where the best takeaways are? Or anything to do with recruitment, negotiating fees, wages etc?
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trevski_s added 17:23 - Jul 14 A loans manager is someone who helps U21 and U18 players find loans with a suitable club. Once they have gone out on loan they will then monitor their progress feeding the information back to the coaching and development teams
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Carberry added 17:31 - Jul 14 Thanks Trevski.
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tetchris added 17:46 - Jul 14 Big job managing 5 players and a couple of young lads sent out on loan!
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armchaircritic59 added 17:55 - Jul 14 Maybe he'll give me a loan! Seriously though, he looks like the sort of guy that takes no nonsense judging by the pic only. Though I'm sure as ITFCMonk says above, he's a really good guy, if so, exactly the type of person we want at the club.
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Tractor_Boy_in_HK added 07:40 - Jul 15 Has the lower league track record to know where to send players, and where to avoid.
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WhoisJimmyJuan added 08:59 - Jul 15 Sorry Carberry: I couldn't resist! No offence meant and it wasa fair question of yours. Just trying to raise a laugh not cause yet more angst in this site.
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runningout added 18:26 - Jul 15 someone hasn’t heard of google
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