Elkan Baggott’s loan to Vanarama National League King’s Lynn Town has been confirmed. The 18-year-old will spend the rest of the season with the Linnets.

Centre-half Baggott recently signed a his first pro contract with the Blues which runs to the summer of 2023 with the club having an option for a further season.

Premier League West Ham, Leeds and Everton were all understood to be keen on the Indonesian U19 international.

The Thailand-born defender made his Town first-team debut in the Papa John’s Trophy tie at home to Gillingham earlier this season and travelled with the senior squad for the League One fixture at Plymouth in December. He was on the bench for in the league for the first time for January's game against Sunderland.

Baggott has been one of the top performers for the Blues' U18s who have reached the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup this season.

He could make his King’s Lynn debut when they face Altrincham away on Tuesday evening.

Already in the King's Lynn squad are former Blues youngsters Chris Smith and Aaron Jones.

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Ipswichbusiness added 17:39 - Mar 22 A good idea, hopefully he will get valuable first team experience. After all, he's hardly likely to get into our first team any time soon when we have superstars like Chambers ahead of him.
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Taricco_Fan added 17:42 - Mar 22 Sorry, Ipswichbusiness - accidentally downvoted you. I agree, a good move. There's no substitute for senior football, no matter if you have to drop a few levels to get it.
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90z added 17:51 - Mar 22 I can see him being part of our defence next season
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therein61 added 18:27 - Mar 22 Good level for him to learn he will get knocked about a bit and test his composure and with hope he will return ready to push for a squad number next season.
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Ipswichbusiness added 18:35 - Mar 22 Taricco_fan no probs, enjoy your evening.
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Edmundo added 19:52 - Mar 22 Hopefully he'll be pulling up trees up there, and will come back First Team ready
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OwainG1992 added 23:06 - Mar 22 Interesting to see Chris Smith there. Some high hopes for him at one stage.
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KiwiBlue2 added 02:40 - Mar 23 Along with Corrie Ndaba we now have a couple of promising youngsters to compete with Wilson and Nsiala, assuming PC rates them. I suspect that Baggott might be given a loan somewhere for most of next season but overall the cb position is looking quite good. No doubt PC will also have someone else who is experienced to bring in. It might be worth thinking about Hawkins in a cb position given his experience there previously.......

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Linkboy13 added 18:51 - Mar 23 Difficult move for the lad playing for the best team in Narfolk. If he does well the budgies might snap him up.
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