Former Blues midfielder Massimo Luongo is closing in on joining Millwall following his trial with the Lions.

According to the Daily Mirror, the 32-year-old is undergoing a medical with the South Londoners today.

The Australian international left Portman Road at the end of 2023/24 having featured infrequently in the top flight and has been training with Millwall since early in the month.

Luongo returned to the Blues, where he had had a short loan spell early in the 2012/13 season while a Spurs player, in January 2023 after a trial and became a fixture in the middle of midfield alongside skipper Sam Morsy for the remainder of that season as Town won promotion from League One and then the following year as they backed that up with promotion from the Championship.

In total, Luongo made 54 starts and 21 sub appearances in his second spell with the Blues, scoring five times, adding to eight starts and three games from the bench and one goal in his earlier loan stint.

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Andy32Cracknell added 14:15 - Jul 24 Really do think Loungo could have done a job for us this season, I know he isn’t the long term solution but I think with Morsey, Cajuste and Phillips leaving he should have been given the opportunity to stay for one more season.
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Len_Brennan added 14:17 - Jul 24 Luongo & Morsy would still have been a perfectly acceptable starting midfield partnership (to the 70th minute anyway) for a top half/promotion chasing side in the Championship this season. The fact that we were prepared to let both go, while also seeing our 2 loan options go back, has to suggest that we have at least 2 more central midfielders, of a higher calibre than those 2, lined up to more than just a wishlist level.

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RobITFC added 14:17 - Jul 24 Good luck to him , we move on!
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Karlosfandangal added 14:31 - Jul 24 Do they see Humphrey as Luongo’s replacement or have they identified a replacement
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PortmanTerrorist added 14:36 - Jul 24 Len_Brennan completely agree. We are still 2 short in midfield and attack, and have to trust there is a plan as Morsy and Luongo dominated midfield in this league not 15 months ago. Pressure to bring in clear upgrades is now getting bigger by the day...but am still trusting the process!
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blues1 added 14:43 - Jul 24 Portmanterrorist. We only need 1 more midfielder. We have Matusiwa, Humphries, and Taylor. 4 vying for the 2 places available is plenty. Doesntcmean a 5th wouldnt be welcome. But keeping players happy even when not playing, will be more difficult in the championship than it was in the pl.
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JewellintheTown added 14:45 - Jul 24 As I understand it, one of the reasons many deals are left until late is that the asking price drops or can be negotiated better the closer to the end of the window, however there's also the obvious risks of another club biting first and less time to gel with the team. Balance and nerve. I'm sure the staff aren't just putting their feet up and waiting to snipe a bid at the last second like an Ebay auction on closing. This will be calculated and watched like a hawk. Lets keep our cool and see how it pans out. Haven't disappointed in previous seasons.

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del45 added 14:48 - Jul 24 Were is Cajuste does anybody know?
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darkhorse28 added 15:45 - Jul 24 Such good positional awareness, if he’s got legs around him he’ll do a great job. His game intelligence is such an under valued quality .., guess Young has some of the qualities we’ve lost in Sam and Mass .., but wish them both the very best, they carried us at times .., winners, both of them.
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flykickingbybgunn added 16:22 - Jul 24 Thanks Mass. You were in THAT team. Good luck.
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dugoutdave added 16:34 - Jul 24 del45 - thats a very good question. I still hope
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flykickingbybgunn added 16:38 - Jul 24 His first game will be at Carrot Road. Come on Mass ...
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dirtydingusmagee added 17:23 - Jul 24 Len Brennan, you would hope so, Fingers crossed .
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bluelad7 added 17:42 - Jul 24 Best wishes Mass and thank you. As for Jens, I’m still hopefull
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ArnieM added 18:27 - Jul 24 Best of luck Mass, you legend. Hope it goes well for you at The Lions, but not when you play us obviously! .
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Pessimistic added 22:38 - Jul 24 Massimo Luongo is one year younger than Sam Morsy, and yet, he never really received the credit he deserved due to a few injury issues. I think we did him a great disservice by not renewing his contract.
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Lightningboy added 22:43 - Jul 24 Daft decision letting him go..still only 32..did a cracking job 2 seasons ago..same goes for Burgess & Harness. And yet we're signing 40 year olds. What is going on?
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djgooder added 08:54 - Jul 25 I assume we are building for next year, that is and should be the focus. So whilst Morsy/Luongo could do a fine job this season, they won’t next year if promoted. This year is getting two ‘better’ and ‘younger’ players integrated into the team and the Ipswich way. Rather than trying to buy a whole new team like we did last year. Same as the assumptions that the player we bought last year were to make us competitive this year! The challenge is the heart strings we rightly have to the players who have moved us in so far in last couple of seasons!

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