Ipswich reportedly line up professional deal for Corrie Ndaba

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Ipswich Town’s Corrie Ndaba has made vast improvements at the club.

According to a report in the East Anglian Daily Times, Ipswich Town have offered a professional contract to youngster Corrie Ndaba following his impressive form for the youth team.

It is said Ipswich boss Paul Lambert has discussed the U23 captain as a potential first-teamer in the near future with duo James Collins and Luke Chambers currently nursing injuries.

Ndaba is in his third year at Ipswich on a scholarship following his move from Dublin side Cherry Orchard.

The 19-year-old arrived predominantly as a central midfielder, but over the past year he has dropped back into a centre-back role and has made vast improvements to his game.

Ipswich duo Collins and Chambers are both in their thirties, while Matthew Pennington is on a season-long loan from Premier League side Everton.

The Tractor Boys are short when it comes to long-term options in the central of defence, therefore Ndaba could be viewed as a long-term solution there regardless of what division the club find themselves in next term.

Signing Ndaba to a professional contract now is smart business by Ipswich, as his impressive displays for the U23 side could soon alert other clubs with his current deal at the Championship strugglers set to expire this coming summer.

Ipswich have gone about securing the futures of fellow scholars Jack Lankester, Idris El Mizouni and Bailey Clements during the course of the season, but Ndaba could be their most important one yet.