By Andy Warren
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The Club and midfielder Lee Evans have agreed the mutual termination of his contract.
Lee joined Town in the summer of 2021, after leaving Wigan Athletic, and made 61 appearances in all competitions during his two-and-half seasons at Portman Road.
The 29-year-old scored six goals during that time, including a memorable hat-trick in the 6-0 victory over Doncaster Rovers in September of 2021.
He captained Town on several occasions, while also scoring the Club’s first goal of the 2022/23 season, netting against Bolton on the opening day of a campaign which would end in promotion to the Championship.
Lee also scored important goals against Bristol Rovers and Morecambe during Town’s promotion season and featured five times at the beginning of the current campaign, before recovering well after suffering a knee injury during the Blues’ 1-1 draw at Huddersfield in September.
The Club thanks Lee for his service and he departs with our best wishes for the future.
Commenting on Lee's departure, Manager Kieran McKenna said: “Lee has made some big contributions during my time at the Club and is someone so highly respected by the staff and his teammates.
“He’s a terrific player and a terrific professional and, after being very unfortunate and suffering from a lot of injuries, we hope those issues are resolved following surgery and he can get back playing games again.
“Lee has come to an agreement where he will do what is hopefully his last month of rehab work here until he’s back in full training and then have the opportunity to go and sign somewhere as a free agent.
“Hopefully he will get quite a few games before the end of the season, with whoever takes him getting a very good football player, hopefully now free of injury, and a fantastic character who is so well-respected here.”
