Former Everton defender Ben Godfrey is in superior talks over a transfer to Ipswich, talkSPORT understands.
The Englishman joined Serie A facet Atalanta from Everton in June in a £10million deal, however is now set for a return to English soccer after simply over six months away.
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Godfrey has been advised he can depart the Italian facet and that he’s not a part of the membership’s plans.
As many as eight golf equipment have registered an curiosity within the centre-back, with Leeds and Tottenham among the many rumoured potential suitors.
Nevertheless, Godfrey is believed to favour a transfer to Portman Highway after being impressed by supervisor Kieran McKenna.
And the 26-year-old will certainly be eager on a contemporary begin after his transfer to Italy didn’t reside as much as expectations.
With Atalanta qualifying for this season’s Champions League following their Europa League victory in Might, this seemed to be the subsequent development in Godfrey’s profession.
However since becoming a member of the Lombardi outfit, he has made only one league look, and 5 in all competitions, all of which have come from the bench.
Most not too long ago, he was unnoticed of Atalanta’s squad checklist for his or her 2-0 Tremendous Cup defeat to Inter Milan on Thursday.
And with Ipswich having shipped the fourth-most objectives of any Premier League facet this season, Godfrey will surely convey some much-needed expertise to their backline.
After beginning his profession with hometown membership York Metropolis, he was snapped up by the Tractor Boys’ bitter rivals Norwich in 2016 aged 18.
Godfrey’s breakthrough season with the Canaries got here within the 2018/19 marketing campaign, the place he featured in 31 league video games as his facet received the Championship title.
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Although Norwich have been relegated from the Premier League the next season, the younger defender impressed, and signed for Everton in a deal rising to £25m in 2020.
Godfrey went on to spend 4 years at Goodison Park, making 93 appearances in all competitions.
He additionally made his senior England debut throughout this time, having beforehand been capped at Underneath-20 and Underneath-21 stage.
The York native was named in Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2020 33-man provisional squad, and made his senior debut in a pre-tournament pleasant win over Austria, regardless of finally not making the ultimate 25-man lower.
Godfrey will definitely be going through a very completely different problem ought to he swap Serie A leaders Atalanta for Ipswich.
Kieran McKenna’s facet discover themselves locked right into a relegation battle, sitting 18th within the Premier League desk, after gaining promotion from the Championship on the finish of final season.