AARON DRINAN AND Barry Cotter have both gone on trial at a Swedish club with a view to making loan moves from Ipswich Town.
The League of Ireland graduates have linked up with Gothenburg-based outfit Gais, who play in the second division of Swedish football.
Neither Drinan nor Cotter appear to be in Ipswich manager Paul Lambert’s plans, as the Tractor Boys get set to embark on the club’s first season in England’s third tier for 62 years.
While the first-team squad was on a pre-season tour of Germany, the Irish pair were playing for the Ipswich U23 side last week, with Drinan scoring in a 2-1 win against non-league team Lowestoft Town.
Drinan, who has yet to make a senior appearance for Ipswich, was brought to Portman Road by Mick McCarthy in January 2018 following a spell with Waterford.
Having returned to Waterford on loan ahead of the 2019 SSE Airtricity League season, the 21-year-old striker scored seven times before heading back to Ipswich at the end of June.
The Corkman, who has won five Ireland U21 caps this year, previously had a loan spell with English National League club Sutton United.
Cotter, a versatile defender who hails from Clare, also joined Ipswich in January 2018. He was given his debut by Mick McCarthy in a Championship win over Barnsley the following April, but didn’t feature at all for the first-team last season.
Although he has yet to make an appearance for the Ireland U21s, the 20-year-old former Limerick player was named in Stephen Kenny’s squad for the European Championship qualifier against Luxembourg in March.
Drinan and Cotter are both contracted to Ipswich Town until the summer of 2021.
I don’t think it’s good television at all!! Supporting this team especially over the last 18 months or so, is not doing my coronary health any favours at all. Still a win is a win and as Henderson says, time to not be putting themselves in that position
@my name: 18 months ??? Bandwagon supporter
@Scott Stonebridge: read it again scotty, slowly this time
@my name: haha …… gone fishing….
@Scott Stonebridge: good one. Anymore ?
@my name: I’m definitely not going to die of a heart attack.
With the stronger defense, I would like to see a return of the expansive football. Especially against the weaker teams.
@Logan Shepherd: I agree logan. But until that actually happens, this edge of the seat football is taking a toil. I’m not as young as I was pal
@my name: Tons but I wouldn’t want to make it personal now
@Scott Stonebridge: sound man
The Liverpool team of the 80’s won many points and /or games in the last five minutes .Its the sign of a great team . There’s nothing to worry about .
Hes right. It’s great but it wont always get them over the line. They have shown great resilience this year since the start if the season but I cant help but feel they need to annihilate a few teams in the league to get them going. The margin for error is so small now with the quality of city. So these close games becoming tonregular will inevitably end up in costly draws. Only a few draws cost us last year. Man they they are good to watch doh.
@Seaniecp: Yup. Pinball for Pinheads!
That 10 point lead(game more played but still 10!) lost last year still in their heads methinks.
@HerbMancini: top of the premier league. Top of their champions league table too. Yes definitely in their head