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Omari Hutchinson (centre) celebrates after scoring one of 10 league goals he got on loan at Ipswich to help them win promotion.
Omari Hutchinson (centre) celebrates after scoring one of 10 league goals he got on loan at Ipswich to help them win promotion.
Ipswich have agreed a club record deal to sign the Chelsea forward Omari Hutchinson for a fee that could rise to £22m, with the former loanee expected to complete his move over the weekend.
It is another coup for promoted Ipswich, who have secured one of the driving forces behind last season’s remarkable ascent from the Championship.
Hutchinson, who turns 21 in October, scored 10 league goals and established himself in Kieran McKenna’s starting lineup during the second half of the season. He became arguably the best wide forward in the division and was named Ipswich’s young player of the year.
The initial fee paid to Chelsea is understood to be £20m. Arsenal, who let Hutchinson move to Stamford Bridge two years ago after he had spent seven years at their academy, will receive a percentage of the sum.
The deal significantly eclipses Ipswich’s previous record outlay of around £5m for the goalkeeper Matteo Sereni in 2001.
Tying down Hutchinson is the second important move of a summer that has also seen McKenna sign a new long-term contract despite serious interest from Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United.
They remain active in the transfer market before their first top-flight season for 22 years and are expected to add the West Ham defender Ben Johnson on a free transfer.
Chelsea have bid £30m for the Leicester midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and appear to be ahead of Brighton in the battle to sign the 25-year-old. Dewsbury-Hall played an important role in Leicester’s promotion under Enzo Maresca, who has since taken the Chelsea head coach’s job. Chelsea may offer players to Leicester as part of a deal. Brighton were proposing a swap deal including Jakub Moder
