Done deal · 2026

Exequiel Palacios completes €23m move to Ipswich Town

Bayer 04 Leverkusen → Ipswich Town · €23m · Value €20m · Confirmed

Confirmed 27 Aug 2026

Exequiel Palacios, a midfielder, has completed a move from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Ipswich Town for €23m, confirmed 27 Aug 2026. The deal is now settled in Transfer Tracker's Done Deals record.

Who broke it: Fabrizio Romano, 1 Aug 2026, 25 days before completion.

How the deal happened

• Interest · 1 Aug 2026 · Fabrizio Romano, German Garcia Grova
• Talks · 9 Aug 2026 · Fabrizio Romano, German Garcia Grova, Cesar Luis Merlo, Florian Plettenberg
• Agreed · 25 Aug 2026 · Florian Plettenberg
• Here we go · 26 Aug 2026 · Fabrizio Romano, Cesar Luis Merlo, German Garcia Grova
• Signed · 27 Aug 2026 · Ben Jacobs, BBC Sport, Cesar Luis Merlo, German Garcia Grova

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• Ben Johnson: Ipswich Town → Stoke City · Loan · 21 Aug 2026

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