Ipswich Town are building for their return to the Championship this summer - here's when the transfer window officially opens.

Rumours and gossip are already swirling, but the transfer window doesn't officially open until Wednesday, June 14th.

It slams shut at 11pm on Friday, September 1.

The Blues actually started signing players before the window opened last year, announcing the arrival of striker Freddie Ladapo on May 30.

You can see what Stuart Watson thinks will happen this summer here.

CEO Mark Ashton is known to favour doing his transfer business early.

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Asked recently about recruitment and Town's Championship challenge, he said: "It will be a season of progression for sure.

"We’re well backed and like all the clubs there are financial fair play controls in place, profit and sustainability rules that we have to adhere to.

"But we trade players. We’ve bought well, we’ve brought young players in with value – the likes of Leif Davis, Nathan Broadhead, Harry Clarke, Conor Chaplin who scored 29 goals last season.

"All young, hungry players with real value and, whilst we’ve spent money on those players, what people forget is that we’ve also traded players out in the background.

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"If you look at our net cash outflow for a three year period – say last year, this year and next year – and all the players we’ve bought in, all the players we’ve sold, we’re literally net zero.

"We’ll more or less break even on player trading. So, while people see what you buy, they don’t tend to see sometimes what you’re selling in the background.

"We have a model and we’ll stick to the model. I expect us to attack the Championship well and continue to buy good players that give Kieran McKenna the best opportunity to be competitive."