Town boss Kieran McKenna has confirmed there is interest in keeper Aro Muric, who has been strongly linked with a move to Turkish Süper Lig side Çaykur Rizespor.

As reported earlier in the week, Rizespor made a loan approach for Muric with Turkish sources claiming the move is close with terms agreed with the player.

“There’s interest again from different leagues, different teams, different divisions,” McKenna said when asked about the situation. “I don’t think there’s anything to confirm.

“We’ll look at each situation, each offer as they come in and we’ll see if anything comes of any of it.”

Yesterday, the 26-year-old was dropped from the number one shirt to the number 49, something which reaffirmed his likely exit.

Muric endured a tough first season at Portman Road having signed from Burnley for £8 million plus £2 million in add-ons in July last year and his exit this summer has been widely anticipated with clubs in Italy and France having previously been linked.

The Kosovo international’s 2024/25 was ended prematurely by a shoulder injury which required surgery and his only involvement in pre-season was as a half-time sub during last Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Charlton at Colchester.

The Swiss-born keeper, who previously had a loan spell in Turkey with Adana Demirspor while a Manchester City player, wasn’t with the Town squad at Auxerre on Saturday with Alex Palmer starting and Christian Walton and David Button on the bench.

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tetchris added 15:43 - Aug 6 Complete waste of money and whoever in the recruitment dept at town recommended town should sign him is hopefully working elsewhere. Wouldn’t be surprised if we have to give him away eventually! Burnley must have peed themselves with laughter when town agreed to pay £8million for that clown. For comparison, Arsenal just signed Kepa Arrizabalaga for £5million who is a better keeper than Muric.

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gramps added 15:44 - Aug 6 Says we paid £8 million + £2 million in add ons. Would any add ons have been triggered since we were relegated and he didn't even play the whole season?
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itfc2024 added 16:03 - Aug 6 terrible keeper glad when he's gone
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rkl added 16:19 - Aug 6 Probably the reason why goalkeeping coach Martin left earlier in the summer. The very same Martin who was appointed 1-2 weeks prior to the Muric signing.
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BlueBlood90 added 16:20 - Aug 6 I prefer not to speak, if I speak I am in big trouble
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Jugsy added 16:33 - Aug 6 If we said that the £2million of add ons became active if Ipswich fans keep whining into this season, would it stop all the whinging? It didn't work out, no one set out for it to not work out, let's get over it and move on.
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aas1010 added 16:36 - Aug 6 Advertise on eBay then
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dieselmorris added 16:43 - Aug 6 some people on here need to get a life,ive watched ipswich all my life first games 61/62 good times bad times some in-between even mccarthy years. but never moan even when it was better watching buddelia grow in the guttering at churchman, enjoy this season whatever it brings, always look on the bright side of life your not here long.
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Sensiblue added 16:43 - Aug 6 Forget all the ugly noise around the place, there is a very good keeper there. His head has gone a bit and some of the things you here around him with Kosovo leave you wondering about his character and professionalism but with the way some ''supporters'' so called turned on him so quickly last season, you can hardly blame a youngish goalkeeper for going under in terms of confidence. His decision making when under pressure with the ball at his feet is subject to questioning but maybe he shouldn't be asked to take those kind of risks against world class forward lines in the Premier league? Lay off the guy, it's so ugly and boring.

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runningout added 16:43 - Aug 6 again those so called fans throwing lousy comments towards Muric are sadly helping no one
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jazzback added 16:53 - Aug 6 He is a reasonable keeper, a year out in loan could boost his confidence and return a better keeper.
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Carberry added 16:56 - Aug 6 Nobody should condone booing him, that's unacceptable. However, the recruitment of him was a major mistake. There's a lot of 'there's a good keeper in there somewhere' chat but that didn't help us survive in the Prem. He was a liability and gave no confidence to the defence in front of him. Also the idea he was on this site feeling his confidence slipping away with the criticism is laughable - presumably some people think the players hang on our every word? Get real, this is a site for a few old blokes to have a go at each other for daring to have opinions.

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ITFCSG added 17:00 - Aug 6 Time to go. For those still supporting Muric, food for thought - in the corporate world, anyone who performed the equivalent of Muric in the workplace would have been fired even before the end of probation. Probably the most useless player under the new ownership - at least Ahadme and Camara didn't cost us points.
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Rimsy added 17:09 - Aug 6 Just shows that stats and recruitment teams are overrated. We should have just listened to the Burnley fans, they told us he was a competent shot stopper prone to regular brain farts. That's exactly what we got. A waste, as we're unlikely to recoup anywhere near what we paid.
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Ebantiass added 17:11 - Aug 6 Get over yourselves haters , hes most likely on his way in the near future and yes he cost us a lot in the premier league he was by far not the only one clearly out of his depth. Good luck in the future away from PR.
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Cookieboy added 17:30 - Aug 6 Seems to me his main problem was communicating with his defence. Send him on an English course and we might have a decent keeper. !!!!!
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armchaircritic59 added 17:46 - Aug 6 Rimsy, stats are an extremely useful as a guide to the overall ability of players and teams, but they should also be backed up by actual visual evidence, the two together are a pretty powerful combination.
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Marinersnose added 17:51 - Aug 6 Carberry I don’t think Muric was the only recruiting mistake !!!!! I can definitely think of others and I’m sure you can. Muric has been an easy target and didn’t get any credit when he played a blinder. Sometimes a player doesn’t fit in
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graham2408 added 18:01 - Aug 6 I don't expect everyone to agree but, in my opinion, had we had Walton in goal for the first few games, we could well have stayed in the Premier League.
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Carberry added 18:07 - Aug 6 Totally agree that he wasn't the only mistake but when you are a keeper and your mistakes lead directly to goals then you are struggling. I didn't see many blinders.
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