Ipswich Town young midfielder Emmanuel Okunowo has joined Suffolk non-league side Needham Market on loan.
He links up with forward Nico Valentine who joined the Marketmen in November and scored in their 4-0 win over Kettering Town this afternoon.
Okunowo joins a Needham side who are managed by former Town midfielder Kevin Horlock and was an unused sub as they went top of the Southern League Premier Central.
The 18-year-old has been at Town since the age of eight and is a defensive midfielder who has featured for the Blues U18s and U21s sides this season.
Town players currently out on loan
Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), Kyle Edwards (Oxford United), Idris El Mizouni (Leyton Orient), Panutche Camara (Charlton), Gassan Ahadme (Cambridge United), Zak Bradshaw (Woking), Cameron Stewart (Cove Rangers), Jack Manly (Leiston), Seth O'Neill (Stowmarket Town), Finley Barbrook/Henry Gray (Chelmsford City), Matt Ward (Braintree Town), Nico Valentine/Emmanuel Okunowo (Needham Market), Nick Hayes (Solihull Moors), Jesse Ayoola/Paul Moodie/Danny Cullum (Ipswich Wanderers),
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