The Ipswich Loan Star who left in 2018 is now like Saliba

Ipswich Town may still lick their wounds from their Premier league Defeat at Southampton last weekend, but there is still every chance of winning a drop this season.
Kieran McKenna The side could be lowered in the relegation zone, but from the remaining 14 games, they are only three points of safety, and since yesterday afternoon they beat their victory over the Coventry City, they have a talent for the turn of things.
However, they will have to start pretending decent performances into decent results in the league and get more than their January signatures, such as Jaden Philogene and Ben Godfrey.
The former Everton star is a talented defender, but at the moment it surpasses one of the former club club Loanees, who played under former manager Mick McCarthy and currently wins compared to incredible William Saliba.
Ipswich’s former Loan Star
Before we reach the player in question, let’s look at some former stars who spent time on loan with Ipswich, starting with the center that started on the portman Road, but now he is one of the best in the Premier League: Chris Wood.
New Zealand International joined the Tractor Boys in the short term Loan in February 2015 But he struggled to make an impact and went without a goal or helped his name in eight appearances.
Since then, the 33-year-old has played for several teams across the country, but he is currently breaking things for high flying nottingham forest Nuno Espírito Santo.
Kiwi superstar has already collected a sensational withdrawal 17 goals and two assists In 24 league matches, which is only five fewer goals than Ipswich succeeded as a collective.
Lender who enjoyed a fertile magic in Eastern Anglia and is currently with the club Omara Hutchinson.
Former AS Chelsea joined the club In the summer of 2023 and, during the next campaign, collected a healthy sum 11 goals and six assists In 50 appearances, which was enough to secure permanent £ 20m move to the club.
This season he was less effective in front of a goal, but as his marvelous striker against Manchester United showed, talent is undoubtedly there.
With all that was said, the former loans we are about here to talk is a defender who has won significant comparisons this season and surpassed Godfrey.
Former Ipswich Loats Treased by Godfrey
McCarthy was the manager of Ipswich Town for just over five years and, as such, was responsible for signing his FER share of players on loan.
Characters of David McGoldrick, Tyrone Mings, and even the former prospectus Arsenal Ainsley Maitland-Niles all joined Tractor Boys on temporary Arrangements under the iricBut the defender we are talking about is the former Tottenham Hotspur Gem Cameron Carter-Vickers.
The Lilywhites Academy’s product joined Suffolk side in January 2018And while it was only a short -term loan, he gave 17 appearances for the clubThey were all running.
After the end of the loan, the American International would go out to a few more short -term contracts before securing a permanent transition to Celtic In the summer of 2022where it remains today and undoubtedly one of the most important team players.
This season he saw a “great” defender, as he called Former midfielder Andy Hallidaymake 19 appearances in the league And, the most impressive, five in the Champions League, in which he has excellent Points per game average of 2.20.
Opposite that Godfrey played only 230 minutes of football for Atalanta and Ipswich and made only one appearance in the Premier League, which was 6-0 in a defeat of Manchester City, so it would be fair to say that former loans currently have a better campaign.
If that was not enough, FBREF, which compares players in similar positions across the Champions League, concluded that the extremely talented Saliba eighth is the most beautiful central back Americans this season.
Carter-Vickers & Saliba |
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Statistics |
Carter-Vickers |
Saliba |
Passing precision |
94.4% |
93.0% |
Expected assists |
0.02 |
0.02 |
Shot |
0.21 |
0.33 |
Accessories |
1.91 |
1.83 |
Required river |
1.06 |
1,00 |
Blocked shots |
0.21 |
0.17 |
All statistics through FBREF for 24/25 UCL |
We can better understand how this conclusion was achieved by testing the basic numbers in which they ranked closely, such as precision, expected assists, gunshots, fights and struggles, won, shoots blocked and more, all of a 90.
Ultimately, Ipswich probably made the correct decision to sign Godfrey last month, because he had previously performed in the Premier League before, but just could really do it with someone like Carter-Vickers.