Ipswich Town: CEO Mark Ashton expects to make ‘two or three’ more signings

Ipswich Town CEO Mark Ashton says he expects the club to make ‘two or three’ more signings at least during the summer transfer window

The Tractor Boys have made four signings so far, Jack Taylor from Peterborough, Cieran Slicker from Manchester City, George Hirst from Leicester and recently loanee Omari Hutchinson from Chelsea.

Following the club’s 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig in Austria, the CEO said on TownTV: "There’s still a month left of the window and I actually don’t think the transfer window’s really come alight in the EFL as of yet.

"I think people are still waiting to see what some of the relegated and parachute clubs do but for us, we’re just getting on with our business.

“I think there’ll be two or three more at least coming in, but they have to be the right ones. Kieran (McKenna) won’t just take anyone, we’re very selective.

"And what we’ve got to do is, whilst we add quality to the squad, we’ve got to really add quality now to the starting XI.

"More competition for places can only be a good thing, but there are irons in fires and I’m sure there will be more players coming in."

Ashton added: "Which positions? Right across the board, to be fair. Without giving too much away, right across the board.

"Kieran is very specific in his specification of what he wants. That means we recruit from quite a small pond, but we’re down the line on a few and I hope we get them across the line fairly shortly."

He said: “I think we’ve pinpointed that quite a while ago. But that ends the fixture part of pre-season, so it’s probably a good time to sit down now and have a look and I’ll get updated on where we’re at.

“We’ve said all along we want to keep improving the squad but we’ve also said we’ve got a good group of players here with a chemistry and understanding, who are ready to go and try and compete next season.

“It’s about bringing in the right players, who are going to add to the group so we need to be patient with that, we need to work hard, we need to make as good decisions as we possibly can and we continue to try and work in that logical way.”