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'#AnnounceAhmed': Ipswich Town jokingly tweet they have signed Kenyan player after he messaged the club asking them to join them Ipswich Town have announced their latest signing and he's a bit of an unknown The club jokingly tweeted they had announced the arrival of a twitter user Ahmed37905063 asked Town if they would offer him a professional contract The Tractor Boys responded to the tweet by saying they had 'AnnouncedAhmed'

By Peter Rutzler For Mailonline

Published: 13:26 BST, 26 June 2019 | Updated: 13:29 BST, 26 June 2019

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Ipswich Town might be accused of not doing a thorough scouting job after announcing their latest signing.

The club jokingly tweeted that they had signed twitter user 'Ahmed37905063' after he requested the club offer him a contract on the social media platform.

The League One club had posted a picture of a real recruit, Tomas Holy, in training for the first time before Ahmed replied.

Ipswich Town received an unusual request to sign a player on a free transfer on social media

Ipswich Town received an unusual request to sign a player on a free transfer on social media

A fan responded by imploring the club to offer the unknown Kenyan talent a first team contract

A fan responded by imploring the club to offer the unknown Kenyan talent a first team contract

And sure enough, Ipswich replied by saying they had announced the signing of the twitter user

And sure enough, Ipswich replied by saying they had announced the signing of the twitter user

Local reporter Stuart Watson of the East Anglian Daily Times also chipped in on the joke

Local reporter Stuart Watson of the East Anglian Daily Times also chipped in on the joke

He then wrote: 'Hello, am Kenyan 20 years old and I play LW/RW/CAM, please sign me and I promise to give my best and add more depth to the squad.'

Another user asked the club to #AnnounceAhmed, and sure enough, the Tractor Boys used a new signing image to write

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