No new development on Aston Villa winger Jaden Philogene to Ipswich Town move - insists Kieran McKenna

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna says there’s no news on the Blues’ stalled move for Aston Villa forward Jaden Philogene.

Town and Villa have agreed a £20 million-plus-add-ons fee for the 22-year-old and the player a four-and-a-half-year deal, with the England Under-21 international understood to have passed his medical on Thursday.

However, the move is still to be finalised and McKenna said there was nothing new to report after this afternoon’s 3-0 FA Cup third-round victory over Bristol Rovers at Portman Road.

“I still think the same,” McKenna said when asked if the situation had moved on from where it was when he was questioned about it at Friday’s press conference.

“He’s an Aston Villa player, there’s no news, no agreement as far as I know. I’m sure I’ll get updated if anything changes but no updates any different at the moment.”

Despite the lack of movement, we understand the switch is still expected to go through.

Town’s first January window addition, defender Ben Godfrey, made his debut this afternoon one week after his loan move from Italian Serie A side Atalanta was confirmed.