Ipswich looking at signing “outstanding” Burgess upgrade
Ipswich Town could show they mean business by landing a deal for this outstanding defender.
Ipswich Town have thrived as underdogs in the past and will hope that their unfancied nature making the leap up to the Premier League can work in their favour again, with Kieran McKenna’s men undoubtedly already being tipped to be relegation favourites.
Back-to-back promotions were achieved at breakneck speed by the Suffolk side, upsetting the likes of Leeds United in the process to soar up to the top flight at their expense. The Tractor Boys will just aim to take another step up in quality in their stride, in the knowledge that the top division is an unforgiving beast.
All three sides that tasted promotion glory up to the elite league last season were instantly relegated, with McKenna and Co eyeing up a few players to add to the group this summer to help avoid that set of circumstances from occurring again.
Angering the Whites by subjecting them to another campaign in the Championship is one thing, but that would only grow in intensity if Ipswich were successful in signing one of their former players.
Ipswich planning audacious swoop
Football journalist Alasdair Gold revealed on his Gold and Guest Talk YouTube channel recently that Ipswich could attempt to add even more salt to the gaping Leeds wound by going after Joe Rodon this summer, who is fresh off a fantastic loan season in West Yorkshire.
Gold stated that McKenna is a “big fan” of the Welsh defender, and so this would surely be a move that would appeal to the wantaway Tottenham Hotspur man, with an opportunity to test himself in the Premier League forthcoming, which could backfire on Spurs down the line.
Leeds were keen to bring Rodon back on a permanent deal, but this would definitely throw a major spanner in the works that would make it difficult for the Whites to win his services again, considering Farke’s men fell at the final hurdle in the second-tier play-off final to resign themselves to another Championship season.
