Ipswich Town’s exciting £64m transfer window ahead of Premier League return as bold prediction made
The excitement and anticipation is already enveloping Ipswich Town as Kieran McKenna begins to plan for their big return to the Premier League.
Over two decades have passed since Portman Road last hosted top tier football – but the former Manchester United academy coach has overseen a remarkable turnaround in fortunes that has led the club to successive promotions and helped them realise their dreams of taking on English football’s elite once again.Over two decades have passed since Portman Road last hosted top tier football – but the former Manchester United academy coach has overseen a remarkable turnaround in fortunes that has led the club to successive promotions and helped them realise their dreams of taking on English football’s elite once again.
Of course, Ipswich have faced a battle to retain the services of their in-demand manager after he was linked with moves to Chelsea and former club Manchester United – but with McKenna now on board and committed to the cause for the new season, thoughts are turning towards what business he could conduct in the transfer market. We here at 3AddedMinutes could not wait to find out so we fired up Football Manager 2024 to see how the world’s most popular managerial simulation believes the next two months will play out for the Tractor Boys:
Goalkeepers
There was an immediate blow for the Tractor Boys as they were tempted into the sale of Vaclav Hladky by a £4.5m offer from Scottish giants Celtic – but McKenna wasted little time in finding a replacement as Chelsea stopper Jamie Cumming and Eibar’s Luca Zidane (that’s right, the son of Zizou himself) arrived for a combined £2.5m.
McKenna’s goalkeeping options: Jamie Cumming, Luca Zidane, Christian Walton
.Defenders
Firstly, let’s deal with the big sale and that was the departure of Leif Davis. The assist machine may well have spoken of his desire to play at hometown club Newcastle United – but it was a £19m offer from West Ham United that saw the Geordie depart Portman Road. He was joined heading out of the exit door by Axel Tuanzebe (£1.5m to Cadiz) and George Edmundson (500k to Hull City).
