Ipswich Town eyeing blockbuster Millwall transfer - Lions could land £20m windfall | OneFootball

The Tractor Boys are looking to raid the Lions after they lost out in the play-off semi-finals...

With their promotion back to the Premier League confirmed earlier this month, Ipswich Town are on the hunt for fresh faces to help Kieran McKenna bolster the strength of his squad.

Last time the Tractor Boys were in the top flight in 2024-25, which was their first time back at the level in 23 years, they sunk back to the Championship at the first time of asking, despite spending big sums on young talents such as Liam Delap, Omari Hutchinson, Jack Clarke and Jacob Greaves.

It didn't quite happen for McKenna's side in the top flight, with their form in the second half of that campaign not good enough to battle for survival, and a lot of their recruitment drive was based on raiding Championship clubs for their best talents.

And with another wealth of riches unlocked, it looks as though the Town recruitment team will look towards the second tier once more for at least one potential new addition - and it's a former target from January.

Ipswich Town revive Femi Azeez transfer interest

Towards the end of the mid-season transfer window in early 2026, Ipswich were looking to add a new attacker to their ranks, and while they did not get anyone over the line in the end, they made a play for Millwall star Femi Azeez, potentially in a bid to try and stifle a promotion rival.

McKenna admitted though that Azeez was 'not attainable' for the Suffolk outfit after they had multiple bids turned down on deadline dy in February - one of which would have been a club-record sale for Millwall had they accepted, with Romain Esse being their biggest departure for £12 million, potentially rising to £14.5 million.

Following the Lions' departure from the play-offs though at the semi-final stage at the hands of Hull City, they are now set to receive interest and bids for the 24-year-old - and they may now look to cash in despite having a buffer of two years left on his contract.

As per a report from Alan Nixon, Ipswich are going back in for the left-footed winger, and they hope to bring ex-Reading star Azeez to Portman Road for a fee of between £15 million and £20 million.

It's also claimed that Millwall are open to selling Azeez, which would then give Alex Neil extra funds to bolster multiple areas of his squad going into the 2026-27 season, with Town confident of seeing off unnamed rivals to get a deal done as quick as possible.

Femi Azeez transfer move could pave the way for Ipswich Town exits

It hasn't taken Ipswich long to reportedly start flexing their financial muscles, and even though Millwall are in a healthy position themselves, now may be the prime time to cash in for Azeez, who scored 11 times in the Championship this season, with eight assists notched too.

Money has been re-invested in recent years from the departues of the aforementioned Romain Esse and Zian Flemming to Burnley, and along with Tristan Crama, Azeez is a big asset, and he will also probably want a taste of top flight football for the first time ever.

Ipswich are said to be in pole position to land Azeez, and if they do, they'll have an overload of options who prefer to play off the right flank, including last summer's expensive recruit in Norwegian youngster Sindre Walle Egeli.

Kasey McAteer and Wes Burns also operate mostly in that position, but unlike Azeez and Egeli, they are direct, right-footed wingers - with Welshman Burns out of contract this summer, he could be a direct casualty of transfer interest being renewed in Millwall's star attacker.