Ipswich Town have reached an agreement in principle to sign Julio Enciso from Strasbourg. The 22-year-old joined Chelsea’s sister club Strasbourg from Brighton & Hove Albion in September 2025 and scored 12 goals in 44 appearances across all competitions last season. Prior to that move, the Paraguay international, who represented his country at this summer’s World Cup, spent six months on loan with Ipswich during the second half of the 2024-25 season, when they were relegated under then-head coach Kieran McKenna. McKenna led Ipswich back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, winning promotion last season after finishing second in the Championship, before stepping aside. The Northern Irishman has since been replaced by Gary O’Neil, the former Strasbourg coach, under whom Enciso worked last year. Any deal remains subject to a final agreement and Enciso undertaking a medical. If completed, he would become the newly-promoted club’s eleventh new signing of the summer, following - among others - Fulham pair Issa Diop and Sasa Lukic, Toulouse forward Emersonn, and former Leicester City winger Abdul Fatawu. League standing (final 2025 table -- new season not yet under way): 2nd in Championship, 84 pts, 23W-15D-8L from 46 games, recent form WDDWD. Goals this season: 80 scored, 47 conceded (+33 goal difference). Title race: 11 points behind leaders Coventry. Currently sidelined: Azor Matusiwa.