best joined ipswich town on 30 august 2016 as a replacement for daryl murphy. he struggled to keep his place in the team, and following his performance on 17 january 2017 in an fa cup tie against non-league lincoln city, where ipswich were beaten 1–0, mick mccarthy stated that best would never play for ipswich town again. "i told him after the lincoln game that he is not part of my plans here. he's still with us and may have to have something done with his groin. we will see but he won't be playing for us." best was one of seven players released by ipswich town at the end of the 2016–17 season.