Ipswich Town fans may be surprised at fresh Sam Morsy developments | OneFootball

The former Tractor Boys captain is training with a Premier League side at present

Ipswich Town supporters may be surprised at the latest set of developments which have emerged surrounding the whereabouts of their former captain, Sam Morsy.

According to Dave Azzopardi of Talking Wolves, the Egyptian international is currently training with Wolves' Under-21s side as he remains without a permanent club following his sudden exit from Kuwait SC in September, just months after he departed Portman Road.

There is a distinct possibility that the Tractor Boys and their West Midlands counterparts could be swapping places within the English football pyramid come the end of the season, although Wanderers will hope their fortunes suddenly change as confirmation of Rob Edwards' appointment was made on Wednesday afternoon.

Ipswich, meanwhile, have started to pick up some momentum between the October international break and the current two-week gap in fixtures, which is also the final break in the Championship schedule until late March.

Town emerged 4-1 victors at Swansea City on Saturday afternoon, in a game which saw one of Morsy's former teammates in Suffolk, Cameron Burgess, find the back of his own net on two occasions, with the result seeing Kieran McKenna's side rise to seventh in the second-tier table.

Expectation levels are, of course, completely different to what they were during the midfielder's four-year spell at the club. However, due to his cult-hero status, Ipswich fans will, naturally, have an intrigue regarding his latest steps.

A Wolverhampton native, Morsy initially came through the Wolves academy between 1999 and 2008, before rounding off his youth career at Port Vale.

During a lengthy senior career, the combative midfielder is best known for spells with Chesterfield, Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough and Ipswich, having also won six promotions from 2012 onwards.

Two of those came at Portman Road following his initial switch in 2021, where he was named captain just two months after reuniting with his former Latics boss, Paul Cook, and just less than two months before the Liverpudlian was replaced by McKenna in the hotseat.

Morsy became a midfield lynchpin during a rapid rise from League One into the Premier League for Town, before failing to look out of place in the top-flight, with the 34-year-old's solitary top-flight goal coming through a dramatic equaliser against Southampton at St Mary's.

After making 165 appearances for the Blues, he moved to the Middle East in July, but news of a swift exit from Kuwait SC broke after just three appearances for the club, with it being claimed that this was down to strict registration rules.

Morsy has since spent time weighing up his next move, with registration rules also meaning he is unable to officially sign for a club until January.

As such, it is now being claimed that the nine-time international is training at Wolves' Compton Park training facilities with the Under-21s, who are managed by James Collins.

Collins recently took charge of Wolves' first-team for the weekend defeat at Chelsea, but it is expected he will return to the day job following Edwards' appointment.

Naturally, the aforementioned developments surrounding Morsy have sparked interesting discourse amongst Wolves supporters, with some debating whether he is merely using the club as a way to regain fitness before Egypt's pending African Cup of Nations campaign.

At present, Wolves have hit their limit when it comes to registering non-homegrown players, which is likely to impact how Edwards can manoeuvre in January.

Reports have suggested he has already targeted a reunion with Conor Coady of Wrexham, as unlikely as a Molineux return for the defender would be, and Morsy could soon follow if he makes his way into the eyeline of the new Wolves boss.

The midfielder has gone under the radar throughout his career, operating as a midfielder who doesn't back out of battles in the middle of the park, before looking to progress play forward towards the attacking sparks in a side.

Wolves are well stacked in said areas at present through Joao Gomes, Andre, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Marshall Munetsi. But, a free transfer for an experienced figure based on the club's current predicament may be seen as a smart move by some, although others may have reservations due to a handful of factors.