There’s a Canary in the camp – and Ipswich could yet turn him into a Blue.

It’s not arch rivals Norwich City that manager Paul Jewell is considering doing business with though, but Slovenian giants FC Luka Koper – a team that also play in yellow and share a nickname with a certain side from Norfolk.

Aljaz Struna has been heralded as the next big thing in his home nation with scouting reports of the Under-21 international star beginning to reach English shores this summer.

Ipswich have moved quickest though, bringing him in on a three-day trial this week, with Jewell now deciding whether to taking his interest in the versatile right-sided player any further.

“Aljaz Struna is one of our best players,” said FC Luka Koper manager Andrej Poljsak in an exclusive interview with the Evening Star.

“He has been a permanent member of our first team, the Under-21 Slovenia national team and is one of the most promising young football players in Slovenia.”

However, Poljsak – a Slovenian international himself throughout the 1990s – went on to add: “As our team have dropped out of European competition (FC Luka Koper played in the Champions League last season) we have decided to let him continue his career elsewhere.

“This might be the best thing for the player and for FC Luka Koper too. He still has a contract with us but it is not in our intention to impede the player to join any other club.”

Jewell said: “His club was good enough to let us have a look at him and we appreciate that. We might pursue it in the future but is still in the very early stages.”

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