Town have agreed a fee with FC Nordsjælland for Norwegian international forward Sindre Walle Egeli.

Just over a week ago, the Blues were reported to be close to a deal for the 19-year-old with discussions having continued between the sides.

The clubs have now come to an agreement regarding a fee and the right-sided attacker was pictured on a flight from Copenhagen to the UK this morning and will be at the club to complete the formalities on his switch later this morning.

The fee is understood to be lower than reports in Denmark which claim the Blues will be paying an initial €20 million (£17.33 million) plus potentially a further €5 million (£4.3 million) in add-ons but will almost certainly be a new record paid by a Championship club, eclipsing the £15.4 million Burnley paid Genk for Mike Tresor last summer.

Larvik-born Egeli joined Nordsjælland’s academy from Sandefjord in his home country in 2022 and since then has made 43 appearances, scoring 11 goals and picking up 10 assists.

Having won Norway caps at U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels, he won his first and so far only full cap in 2024.

Given his age, Egeli wouldn’t count towards Town’s 25-man Championship squad.

Photo: Claus Birch

Bert added 10:32 - Aug 29 Young, on the cusp of being a full international and a great replacement for Hutchinson. The club have tracked his progress, negotiated behind the scenes and landed the player they wanted. Further proof, if it was needed, that Ashton knows what he is doing and the owners are releasing funds. Now comes the bit we all want to see…….. a team that realises its potential and wins to celebrate.

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Dutchman1 added 10:34 - Aug 29 Booming through the international transfers. Which is lovely to see. It will take a little time to bring all the strands together but the squad depth and quality is the best in the division. Over to you KM.
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Karlosfandangal added 10:35 - Aug 29 Hopefully the moans will shut up now Looks like the news will be players leaving now up to the shutting of the window
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ImAbeliever added 10:37 - Aug 29 Woohoo, twice
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Gforce added 10:37 - Aug 29 Fantastic news,will be a tremendous addition to our squad. Our bench will be so strong going forward, the majority of which would get into most other sides in this league.
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Gilesy added 10:37 - Aug 29 Muccletonejoe - it's not an either/or though, is it?!
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Dissboyitfc added 10:38 - Aug 29 Really excited about this one, probably even more than the others!
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DifferentGravy added 10:41 - Aug 29 Excited about this one. Hope he can adjust with the pace of english football. Looks to have all the attributes, can play anywhere along the line and knows where the goal is. Assists and/or goals.
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stevelincsexile added 10:41 - Aug 29 Be interesting to see who leaves and the squad makeup bearing in mind the 8 home grown players and loanees rules.
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Gforce added 10:42 - Aug 29 Hope we give him a Chelsea type contract of 7/8 year deal !!
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ImAbeliever added 10:44 - Aug 29 IP9, no way did I mean to down tick you! Fantastic business.
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TheVoice added 10:48 - Aug 29 Excellent final week thus far. Now the hard work begins to mould these players into a Championship winning team. Keep the faith brothers
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LoveIpswichForever added 11:01 - Aug 29 I hope everyone remembers this feeling at the next window. I hope Ashton doesn't read these comments because if I were him, I'd be pretty upset. Our club is showing it's ambition and we are building a really exciting squad. Not sure who doesn't make the squad now we've signed all these players, but, I trust our owner, MA, and KM. Let's please get behind them now. I'll be judging them in 12 games time. Then I expect us to gel and look like a top 2 side. But I'm not expecting it tomorrow. I love what we're doing. Uppa town

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BlueySwede added 11:04 - Aug 29 Nice one! Hats off to the club for starting to spread our wings around the European (and beyond) market. My only concern is that some fans will be a bit too hasty in their expectations of Egeli. He is young and may need some time before he is ready to step into the team. We are, in this case, buying potential rather than a finished "product".
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RIPbobby added 11:07 - Aug 29 We deffo need another dribbler to unlock the low block we are going to see this season. Hopefully he gets a place on the bench tomorrow, assuming he signs before midday. A John Eustace team is surely going to frustrate us to the extreme.
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Broadbent23 added 11:15 - Aug 29 Could be better than Omari and three years younger. The Norwegians believe he is the next Haaland . Thank you MA for getting the deal done
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jas0999 added 11:23 - Aug 29 Great news! Very excited about this one.
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Suffolkboy added 11:25 - Aug 29 Hoorah! Super to see some positivity well expressed ! There’s never been any reason to doubt the skill and commitment at ITFC from the very top down ,and now there’s every reason for almost unrestricted enthusiasm ! COYB
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ArnieM added 11:35 - Aug 29 O.
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ArnieM added 11:35 - Aug 29 M.
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ArnieM added 11:35 - Aug 29 G.
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LegendofthePhoenix added 11:39 - Aug 29 This is the one I wanted. Absolutely incredible signing, usually young players like this are scooped up by the Liverpools and Arsenals of this world, we know Feyenoord were after him, so this is a real coup. Massive congratulations to the owners, to MA and the recruitment team - superb business this week, and this is the icing on the cake. Can't wait to see him at PR.

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Foreverdon_Blue added 11:47 - Aug 29 What a brilliant 24 hours! This is the one that really excites me, hopefully we can get this over the line as he looks a fantastic prospect! COYB!
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Geordietown68 added 11:52 - Aug 29 This looks such a good signing
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BlueWax added 11:59 - Aug 29 IP9. Precisely!
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