Town are closing in on the signing of West Brom right-back Darnell Furlong.

As first reported by the Daily Telegraph, the Blues have agreed a fee of £3.5 million plus a further £500,000 after promotion. The 29-year-old is set to travel to Suffolk today to complete the formalities on the switch.

Furlong, who has a year left on his Baggies contract, came through the academy ranks at QPR, where his father Paul had been a player, and spent time on loan at Northampton, Cambridge United and Swindon while at Loftus Road.

In 2019, the Luton-born defender, who can also operate at left-back and in the centre of the defence, moved to the Hawthorns where he has made 227 starts and 20 sub appearances, scoring 11 times, and has also captained the side.

Town have been on the lookout for another full-back after Conor Townsend, a former teammate of Furlong’s at West Brom, suffered an ACL injury in pre-season.

It appears likely that the versatility of the primarily right-sided Furlong, Ashley Young and Ben Johnson will be used as cover on the left.

If the deal goes through, Furlong will become the sixth ex-West Brom player at the club alongside Townsend, skipper Dara O’Shea, keepers Alex Palmer and David Button and central defender Cedric Kipre.

Like Blues youngster Ash Boatswain, Furlong qualifies to play international football for Montserrat but is yet to win a cap for the Caribbean nation.

Meanwhile, Town’s move for Norwich City midfielder Marcelino Nunez is continuing to make progress.

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pup12 added 15:01 - Aug 28 Why not just sign an out and out left back ?? We have Young and Ben J to vibes RB .Square pegs round holes.Surely we can find someone.
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sing_your_hearts_out added 15:04 - Aug 28 Great signing. Experience, versatility and a good long throw. Well done MA and KMC!
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Linkboy13 added 15:15 - Aug 28 I think we have to accept where we are a very good championship club and that reflects in the players we are signing. We are not going to attract Premier league quality players and it would be foolish to splash out hundreds of millions and then not get promoted. Gamechanger are no longer putting millions into the club and more than likely taking it out. Those of us on here with a little bit of sense and not in a Ipswich town dream world will understand they are in it for an investment. When was the last time we heard from them or had a representative at the ground. As they say they only sing when we're winning.

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blueboy1981 added 16:26 - Aug 28 Has this Club finally lost it’s direction ? - this has to be a joke ?
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JewellintheTown added 16:59 - Aug 28 We're The Tractor Baggies now.
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armchaircritic59 added 18:09 - Aug 28 I'm presuming this is largely back up for this season at least, AY should be first choice right back, he's still premier league quality at age 40. So Furlong is merely a junior by those standards. Not a wow factor signing, but then neither was Connor Townsend on the other side of the pitch, but many are now saying how much we will miss him this season. Let's just give the guy a chance for goodness sake, and not judge before he's even got his foot in the door. And by the way guys, I thought I knew, but I've just checked, he's a long throw specialist, another plus point, long throws are coming back into the game.

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armchaircritic59 added 18:13 - Aug 28 Now 4 days left to get the absolutely urgent goalscorer, and hopefully Egeli, though that seems to have gone as quiet as a church mouse. Should have added that to the post just above!
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Bert added 18:25 - Aug 28 Who else would you suggest Blueboy to provide COVER at right and left back ? You use the words “this club” which suggests you are not really invested in the club and therefore can only be negative Have you not noticed we are in the Championship now ?
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TimmyH added 18:34 - Aug 28 Blimey! hope we're not buying too many players, McK has to get all this lot to play as a unit and just like the Premiership might take months before he knows what his best starting 11 is! But as one or two have mentioned more of a less risky move at the cost than say McAteer and Nunez.
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MK1 added 18:37 - Aug 28 Good player when I've seen him. Frees Ashley for both flanks. I like it.
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tractordamage added 19:22 - Aug 28 "Gamechanger are no longer putting millions in the club and more than likely taking it out" At least do some basic maths, when you fantasize and 'Project' your character traits.
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