Rangers goalkeeper Wes Foderingham looks set to leave Ibrox this summer.
Ipswich Town have secured something of a coup today by securing a new contract for goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski, tying him down until 2021.
The Pole, who has starred since a 2015 move from Notts County, has become one of the Football League’s top goalkeepers in recent years, and amid rumours of a move away this summer, Ipswich have pounced to hand him a new deal.
Bialkowski – who was third-choice goalkeeper in Poland’s World Cup squad this summer – is now expected to start the season as No. 1 for Ipswich, and seemingly calls off their pursuit of a new goalkeeper.
The Tractor Boys also have Dean Gerken behind Bialkowski, and that all may spell bad news for Rangers and misfit goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.
The East Anglian Daily Times report that, when Birmingham City offered £2.75million for Foderingham earlier this month, Ipswich sounded out Foderingham for a move to Portman Road, but that avenue looks to be closed off now.
Foderingham, 27, has been first-choice goalkeeper at Rangers for three years having arrived from Swindon Town in 2015, racking up more than 100 appearances for the Gers in the process.
However, The Scottish Sun report that Foderingham has been told that he is third-choice goalkeeper under Steven Gerrard at Ibrox, and will be stuck behind Jak Alnwick and new signing Allan McGregor.
That spells the end for Foderingham’s Rangers career, but with Ipswich no longer an escape route, both Rangers and Foderingham are left wondering where he will garner interest from this summer.
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