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For Ipswich Town supporters, the past few years have been crazy.
After hiring an inexperienced manager in Kieran McKenna, they soared up the football hierarchy, first to the Championship and then the Premier League, after sagging in League One only a few years prior.
Even though the Northern Irishman undoubtedly had a significant role in this quick rise, his players—including those who departed the team in the summer—also deserve a large portion of the credit.
In actuality, their success hasn’t been solely based on their own players. During his tenure in East Anglia, McKenna has had the good fortune to sign a number of exceptional players on loan, including one who was once likened to Cristiano Ronaldo, who left in the summer and whose value has increased over the past year or so.
Ipswich’s changing of the guard
Before we get to the loanee in question, let’s look at some other players who left Ipswich over the summer, starting with someone who spent a significant amount of time at Portman Road, Kayden Jackson.
Despite never being prolific in East Anglia, the 30-year-old striker ended up with a respectable record of 28 goals and 23 assists in 199 appearances, 99 of which came off the bench, after joining the Tractor Boys from Accrington Stanley in the summer of 2018 for over £1 million.
With his contract up in the summer, the Bradford-born poacher opted to join Derby County, and so far, things aren’t going too badly, as he’s scored three goals and provided two assists in 17 appearances for the Rams.
Vaclav Hladky, who left in the summer, was even more important to the team’s promotion the previous season.
The Czech goalie made 47 appearances in all competitions last season and 71 in his three years with the team. However, after his contract expired after promotion, he moved to Burnley, who were recently demoted, where he has sadly only made two appearances thus far.
However, another of his former teammates joined the Clarets this season, but unlike the 34-year-old shot-stopper, he’s been a bit more involved.
The Ipswich loanee who’s seen his valuation soar
Now, several exciting youngsters spent time on loan at Ipswich last season, and as we’ve already mentioned, more than a handful of players left the club in the summer, but the star in question is officially a Brighton & Hove Albion player: Jeremy Sarmiento.
On January 3rd of last season, the Ecuadorian winger—dubbed “the new Cristiano Ronaldo” by some in his native country—joined McKenna’s Portman Road revolution.
In the few minutes he was given, he more than fulfilled his role even though he wasn’t one of the club’s top players.
For example, in his 22 appearances, totalling just 733 minutes, the 22-year-old dynamo racked up an impressive haul of four goals and two assists, meaning he maintained an average of a goal involvement once every 3.66 games.
However, once the season ended, the Madrid-born attacker returned to the Amex, and just a couple of months later, he was back on his way to the Championship, this time to join Burnley, where he has since made ten appearances, seven of which have come off the bench, and scored one goal.
Ultimately, Sarmiento will likely never live up to the tag of the “new Cristiano Ronaldo.”
