Ben Godfrey has entered Ipswich Town.
"Ipswich have signed Godfrey on loan," the club said on its website on Tuesday. "I'm delighted to be here at Ipswich and I'm looking forward to meeting new players. I had a good conversation with manager Kieran McKenna and I'm looking forward to the opportunity to play for him. Ipswich have seen a lot of games and I know they are a team full of strong and strong players," he said.
Godfrey, who was born in 1998, moved to Everton after playing at York City and Norwich City. Godfrey, who is available at both centre-back and full-back, has made a name for himself as a multi-back for Everton. He has performed so well that he joined the England national team.
He lost trust because he often showed scenes that were too rough and momentarily lost concentration. Covering ability and passes were his strengths, but his performance rarely rose as his weaknesses were highlighted and his slump continued. He became an out-of-the-box player under coach Sean Dyche.
Daichi is building a center-back line with Branthwaite and James Tarkowski. There was no room for Godfrey as the left and right fullbacks were also solid. Godfrey played in 15 Premier League games last season and played for 1,123 minutes. He had more difficulty getting a position due to injuries.
Eventually, he left Everton for Atalanta. Coach Jean Piero Gasperini is famous for saving players who have not received attention in many parts of Europe or those who have not displayed their skills to the fullest, but Godfrey did not revive. Atalanta is seeking to win the Serie A title in Italy, but Godfrey did not play well.
He played in one Serie A match and two in the UEFA Champions League. Both of them are substitutes. Godfrey, who failed to play properly, was rumored to return to the Premier League and Tottenham Hotspur showed keen interest in the team. Tottenham Hotspur F.C., whose defense was devastated due to a series of injuries, wanted Godfrey but went to Ipswich.
Ipswich won the top division championship in the 1961–62 season and also won the UEFA Europa League title in the 1980–81 season. After a spectacular past, they stayed in the lower leagues for a while.
It was a team that disappeared from the Premier League after the 2001-02 season. Due to a series of failed promotions, the fall was repeated and the team was on the verge of relegation to the third division. As it was eventually relegated to the English League 1 (third division) in the 2018-19 season, it will play League 1 games for the first time in 62 years since the 1956-57 season.
Under the leadership of Kieran McKenna, the team has become a different team. In the 2022-23 season, the team ranked second in the final and reached the championship. Once a member of the promotion team, Ipswich rose to the top ranks by making a splash, and competed with Leicester City, beating Leeds United and Southampton, 안전놀이터 who had been demoted from the Premier League. Even if they failed to win the title, they secured second place and returned to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.
Ipswich, which is currently on the verge of falling back to and from the relegation zone, brought Godfrey. It remains to be seen what role Godfrey will play.