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After Paul Jewell’s capture of young right back Elliot Hewitt the Ipswich manager will now be looking to strengthen the centre of his defence.
It is understood that Jewell’s number one transfer target was Joel Ward, but he has now moved to Crystal Palace, so Ipswich will be eyeing up any decent centre back they can find to fill this crucial position.
Ipswich are short of quality at centre back and now that Ibrahima Sonko has left the club Ipswich only have two players who can play in central defence. Tommy Smith and Damien Delaney formed a solid partnership at the end of last season but Ipswich desperately need another player to give the squad the quality it needs.
Neither Smith nor Delaney have played consistently well for Ipswich so it is key that they find someone who will command a first team place; that way Jewell can use Smith or Delaney depending on who is in the best form at the time. Additionally, Ipswich need a leader now that they do not have a real captain figure. Grant Leadbitter captained the side for the majority of last season and his lack of leadership qualities guided the team to a poor league position. Carlos Edwards took the captains armband for the last part of the season but he will be 34 years old in October and may not feature in every game next season, so the team really need another player to lead the team in the long term.
It seems like Coventry City’s Richard Keogh would undoubtedly be the right man for Ipswich. At 25 years old Keogh has played a good amount of football and has been voted the Fans’ Player of the Year for the last two seasons at Coventry. His defensive capabilities are obviously highly regarded and he would definitely strengthen the Ipswich defence. If Tommy Smith improves next season and Paul Jewell manages to capture Keogh then the defence will certainly be looking very formidable, additionally, Keogh has a characteristic that Ipswich are in dire need of, a strong leader.
It is looking very likely that Ipswich will be contacting Coventry at some point over the summer to enquire about Keogh. Coventry have supposedly already rejected a £250,000 bid from Bristol City and a £800,000 bid from Cardiff for Keogh. Judging from those figures Keogh could well cost Ipswich a 7 figure sum but it would be a great investment.
It is obvious that he is capable of playing at a much higher level than league one so Ipswich may be the ideal club for Keogh. Something fans might be surprised to hear is that Keogh was once a ball boy at Portman Road when he was an academy player at the club.
After not impressing the youth staff at Ipswich Keogh moved onto Stoke, Bristol City, Carlisle and a number of lower league sides on loan before arriving at Coventry in 2010. However, Coventry are trying to persuade Keogh to stay and will be trying to get him to commit to the club over the next few weeks so it will be interesting to see what happens over the summer but it is obvious that Keogh would be a great addition to the Ipswich Town squad.
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