Town boss Kieran McKenna says the Blues’ attempt to sign Como striker Iván Azón on loan has not progressed and he doesn’t anticipate the former Spain U21 international to join the club during the transfer window.

Azón travelled to Suffolk on Thursday to undergo a medical with the terms of a loan switch having been agreed with the Serie A side.

However, McKenna says the move won’t be going through: “The deal hasn’t progressed, so I won’t say anything other than that, really, out of respect to all parties. He’s not a player we expect to join the club in this window.”

The 22-year-old previously expressed a preference for a return home to Valencia but with the La Liga side not having made an acceptable offer to Como.

Last night, it was reported that Town had made a €20 million (£17.2 million) offer to Danish club FC Nordsjælland for 19-year-old Norwegian international forward Sindre Walle Egeli.

“Nothing to answer,” McKenna said when quizzed on the interest. “He’s a player not from our club. Of course, that’s a position that we’ve just sold a really, really good player, so we’re going to be linked with lots of players in that area.

“It’s an area that we want to strengthen, so there will be different links, but hopefully we’ll bring in the right player as soon as possible.”

Photo: Antonio Saia/LaPresse/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Source

BobbyBell added 21:05 - Aug 17 So many experts on here. Obviously could do better much negotiating contracts that MA. Much better qualified to run the team than KM. These are very highly paid jobs so if you're so good and it's so easy why aren't you working at a top Premier League club instead of sitting at home moaning? ITFC are not going to say why deals don't go through but if they don't then it may be that we pulled out. ITFC also keep deals as secret as they reasonably can so I'm sure that plenty of negotiating is going on with a few agents and players. Some may be in the early stages. Some on here seem to think that there's a supermarket with shelves full of quality strikers, midfielders etc and you just pick one and pay the money.

1

Carberry added 21:18 - Aug 17 Sorry, bluesince76, meant to mark you up.
0

Blogs 298 bloggers

Ipswich Town Polls