Serie A new boys Sassuolo have revived their interest in Blues keeper Aro Muric and are closing in on a loan deal for the Kosovo international, according to a report in Italy.

Sky Sports Italia are reporting that Sassuolo are near to agreeing a loan for the season ahead plus an option to buy for €10 million (£8.7 million).

Last season’s Serie B champions were initially mentioned in connection with a move for Muric early last month.

However, earlier in the week, the 26-year-old had been strongly linked with a loan move to Turkish Süper Lig side Çaykur Rizespor with reports there claiming the move was making strong progress.

Asked about Muric’s situation at Wednesday’s press conference, manager Kieran McKenna said: “There’s interest from different leagues, different teams, different divisions. 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.”

Early last week, Muric was dropped from the number one shirt to the number 49, something which illustrated that he isn’t in McKenna’s plans for the campaign ahead.

The Swiss-born keeper, who has also been linked with AS Monaco this summer, 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.

Muric’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 in the 2-1 victory over Charlton at Colchester and he wasn’t in the squad at Birmingham on Friday.

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Dug added 15:22 - Aug 10 I think that it would be best for all if he went on loan and that would give us room to sign more squad players.
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jas0999 added 15:23 - Aug 10 Quite clearly not on KMs plans. Still think he’s a good keeper. Just didn’t work out here. I wish him well. A good deal for the club and him.
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Phil1969 added 15:26 - Aug 10 Just wondering when we loan it’s with a requirement to buy and when we loan out it’s an option ?
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jazzback added 15:32 - Aug 10 Option to buy for £8.7 million. Wow. Lets hope he does well and they pay that
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Monkey_Blue added 15:35 - Aug 10 On the plus side I’m guessing we didn’t have to pay Burnley much if any of the Add-On… so this could end up with us pretty much getting our money back. The downside is that none of the keepers we have are as talented either as a keeper or with their feet. Statistically our best keeper last season and a shame it’s not worked out. I suspect we are very much on the lookout for a keeper to buy if we get promoted.

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Bazza8564 added 15:35 - Aug 10 Good luck Aro, sorry it didn’t work out for you here
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Bazza8564 added 15:35 - Aug 10 Good luck Aro, sorry it didn’t work out for you here
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Ipswich1977 added 15:36 - Aug 10 Good story to read.
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tetchris added 15:46 - Aug 10 Let’s all pray that Sassuolo stay up and the end of the season and take up the option to buy him for £8.7million. I honestly thought we could be lucky to get 50% back of what we paid for!
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Mark added 15:56 - Aug 10 That sounds like really good news. Is there a loan fee? Are they paying 100% of his wages?
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Rimsy added 16:23 - Aug 10 Option to buy? Well in 12 months time we'll be back in the same situation. Couldn't we have just sold cheaper, 4 or 5 mil, and be done with him.
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virginblue added 16:49 - Aug 10 The fact that someone is treating Daily Mail articles as fact is comedy gold. And equally amusing that a guy who didn’t play after Christmas was responsible for us being relegated.
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MickMillsTash added 17:05 - Aug 10 Come oN TWTD - Surely someone is offering to drive him to Sassuolo
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runningout added 17:17 - Aug 10 thought you were better than that Mister Tash
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ImAbeliever added 17:29 - Aug 10 £8.7m asset value on the books whilst on loan then.
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armchaircritic59 added 17:51 - Aug 10 I too wish him well, hope he can prove that there really is a good keeper in there, as I believe there is. At least it will give those who have continually posted some rather abusive articles about him in here, and probably elsewhere for all I know, the chance to turn their angst onto someone else. Watch out for scapegoat number 2!
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blueboy1981 added 17:54 - Aug 10 I said the Ipswich Fan Base has changed - and it has, there is some pretty nasty, vindictive, maybe quite evil, people posting on here these days. A sad sign of the times, I guess. Hope you get a move to suit you Muric, and you are able to move on with your career.
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armchaircritic59 added 18:40 - Aug 10 Blueboy1981, I don't always agree with your posts and you probably don't always agree with mine ( if you ever read them!), but you're spot on with that one. I've been watching football in all it's capacities since 1963 and I can truly say, I've never once verbally (or these days typed) abused a player, ours or an opponents. Reason being, it is almost always counterproductive, apart from being unnecessary.

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flykickingbybgunn added 19:03 - Aug 10 There is a lot of heat on here. Most of it political. All I can say is he is clearly not in KMcK's plans so let us let him get on with his career and good luck to him. If he brings us a couple of quid then well done him and Ashton.
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Gforce added 19:38 - Aug 10 Best of luck in Italy, Aro,hope you keep many clean sheets. No hard feelings here.
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dangerous30 added 20:17 - Aug 10 He just need to get his confidence back, you don’t become an international goalie by being bad. Good luck if you go on loan
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ImAbeliever added 21:02 - Aug 10 Akpom in
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Bluearmy_81 added 21:09 - Aug 10 I think maybe it takes being a keeper yourself to understand just how bad AM was at times last season. Some of his decision-making was absolutely criminal and left me seriously wondering what was going on in this head! Good riddance
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 23:27 - Aug 10 Definitely a good keeper in there, but best for all parties if this goes ahead.
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virginblue added 00:07 - Aug 11 Of course you’d call someone a paedo. That’s about your level. Stay classy.
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