Eight youngsters were shown around Portman Road today and met up with Town boss Mick McCarthy and Academy manager Bryan Klug after being confirmed as new recruits for next season.

The boys – and their parents - were treated to lunch in the Sir Bobby Robson suite before posing for the Club website cameras, alongside Town managing director Ian Milne and Bryan. 

The eight – goalkeepers Jacob Marsden and Sam McDermid, Edward Ellis, Cemal Ramadan, Matthew Clarke, Joshua Emmanuel, Amon Walton Owen and Jonathan Smith will start their two year scholarship at the Academy in July.