Ipswich have confirmed the arrival of final yr’s Championship high scorer Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn Rovers for a reported £10m payment.
Szmodics, who scored 33 objectives in 48 appearances in all competitions for Rovers final season, put pen to paper on a four-year cope with the Tractor Boys.
The 28-year-old continued his scoring kind into the 2024-25 marketing campaign, netting 3 times in his first two video games within the league and Carabao Cup.
Final season, solely Adam Armstrong (37) registered extra objectives and assists within the Championship than Szmodics (31), whereas he additionally created 49 possibilities, greater than any of his Blackburn team-mates.
Szmodics struck 27 occasions within the league final yr, outperforming his anticipated objectives (xG) by 4.64 from his 145 photographs throughout the 46-game marketing campaign.
His arrival additional bolsters Kieran McKenna’s front-line, which scored 92 objectives final season, a complete solely bettered by Stockport County and Manchester Metropolis (each 96) in England’s high 4 tiers.
Szmodics turns into the seventh signing for Ipswich after the arrivals of Omari Hutchinson, Jacob Greaves, Liam Delap, Arijanet Muric, Conor Townsend and Ben Johnson.
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“I’m delighted to be right here as an Ipswich City participant,” Szmodics informed Ipswich’s membership web site.
“There’s all the time been curiosity since I used to be a child, nevertheless it simply felt proper this time with the problem of the Premier League.
“After chatting with a few the lads, together with Lewis Travis who was right here final season, they only pushed me and stated that I want to return and work underneath this supervisor, which is one thing I can’t wait to do.
“It’s each boy’s dream to play within the Premier League and I’ve all the time stated to my mates, household and brokers that I’ll get to the highest in the future.
“There’s nothing extra I need than to attain at Portman Highway for Ipswich City. I’m over the moon to be right here and looking out ahead to the season forward.”
Szmodics was registered in time to be out there for his or her opening sport of the Premier League season in opposition to Liverpool at Portman Highway on Saturday.
