Jim Magilton clearly means business next season if this latest capture is anything to go by. While the deal is not quite yet done, this signing would surely make Ipswich one of the favourites to gain promotion from the Championship this season, especially as they’ve already captured Kevin Lisbie from Colchester. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Ipswich Town manager Jim Magilton has admitted that the club are making moves to bring back one of its famous sons from West Ham United.

Richard Wright left Portman Road in 2001 to join Arsenal in a £6million move, after starring so prominently for the Tractor Boys as they finished 5th in the Premiership. Since leaving, his career has hit the brakes, as he sat on the Highbury bench watching David Seaman get old and rubbish, before getting his chance and just being younger and rubbish. He moved on to do the exactly same thing at Everton, being understudy to Nigel Martyn before moving on to West Ham.

Magilton wants to help Wright get his career back on track with a move back to his homeland, telling the Evening Star:

Richard is a very good goalkeeper and I feel he would be at his best playing for Ipswich Town.

There is no secret that I wanted him 12 months ago, but it did not happen possibly because something was lost in translation.

You will have to ask him if he made the right decision to move to West Ham, who were of course in the Premier League.

An approach has been made but it is early days and if it does not happen then we have other irons in the fire.

Although Wright agreed a loan move to Championship side Southampton last season, it still remains to be seen if he would ply his trade permanently at that level after so many years warming Premiership benches.

First-team opportunities have been limited for David Nugent since he signed for Portsmouth last summer. The £6 million signing has started just four league games and is behind Jermain Defoe, Milan Baros and Kanu in the pecking order. However, the knight in shining armour could come in the form of Ipswich Town, with the Evening Star reporting that manager Jim Magilton has approached Pompey with a view to taking in the striker on loan.

Magilton said: “Nugent is a possibility. We have asked Portsmouth about taking him on loan and they have not ruled it out.

“It is a big decision for Portsmouth and it is a big decision for the lad but that has not stopped us making an enquiry.

“We are well aware if he did come he is not 100 per cent but he is making massive strides to get fit so we will wait and see what happens.

“He loves Portman Road and he loves scoring goals here so it would be good to have him in a Blues shirt.”

Indeed, Nugent scored the only goal of the game when the two teams met in the FA Cup last month and it’s clear that his Portsmouth career is going to be short-lived. Why doesn’t Harry Redknapp rate the player he splurged so much cash on? Will he be playing Premier League football for Ipswich Town next season?