Ipswich boss O’Neil hopeful of more new signings after Carabao Cup victory | OneFootball

Gary O’Neil insists Ipswich are still working to strengthen their squad before the transfer window closes after their 3-1 Carabao Cup victory over Leicester.

Sindre Walle Egeli and a Marcelino Nunez double secured Ipswich’s progress to the next round.

With the transfer window closing at 11pm next Tuesday, O’Neil confirmed the club remain active in the market and could see movement in both directions before the deadline.

“As far as I’m aware, we’re still working hard on trying to get a few in between now and the close of the window,” O’Neil said.

“I’m sure there’ll be a little bit of movement, potentially both ways, in and out.

“The guys have been working their socks off, obviously. They’ve not had quite as much access to me over the last few days because I’ve been busy preparing games. But the work has continued.

“The ownership, Mark (Ashton), Luke (Werhun), Dmitri (Halajko), the recruitment team, everyone is just pushing. There’s no let-up. We’re still pushing to be as good as we can be.

“We’ll be trying, with the resources that we have left available to us, to make the group as strong as we can.”

Ipswich could also see players depart before the deadline, with reports linking Anis Mehmeti with Wrexham and Ali Al-Hamadi with Sheffield Wednesday.

Neither player featured against Leicester, although O’Neil explained Mehmeti’s absence was due to illness rather than any transfer developments.

“Anis was ill today. He would have been in the group tonight, but when we reported for training this morning he was unwell,” he said.

“That was a shame because he would have got minutes. So as far as Anis not being in the squad, that was purely medical.

“Ali, I think, is close. You’ll probably be more up-to-date than me on that at this moment. But last I heard, Ali was close. So let’s see what happens over the next few days.”