2mill for a player yet 2 prove championship standard let alone prem. And turned down lmao.. Keep him.. Get 20 x 100k players instead n pick the top 5 :-)

Ipswichtown4life... I am sorry but are you in the real world? With so many clubs after this lad why would Crewe be willing to loan him to us until the end of the season and let his contract run down and allow him to leave for nothing/compensation?

5...no 6, sod it, go crazy 9 million, final offer!!

Even if this rumour is true, it is hugely unlikely that Town have bid £2million in cash. It is far more plausible that the bid was up to a potential value of £2million — i.e. it involved a series of clauses based on appearances, future sell-on fees and/or promotion to the Premiership within a certain timeframe. It is also an unfortunate situation that whilst Marcus Evans' money has stabilised our club, the fact that he is an enormously wealthy man means that selling clubs will always hold out for more money from Ipswich, hence the purchasing negotiations become more protracted. And, just while I'm on the subject, I would also like to point out to some of the people who post on here that not every player under the age of 25 currently plying his trade in League One or Two is necessarily "young and hungry". Some of them are what are commonly referred to as "not good enough to play at a higher level" (hence why they are at their current clubs).

Well put CastleHillExile

That seems a lot of money for Town but if they are prepared to dish out 2 million quid then surely he is worth another few hundred thousand...

"Reports from Cheshire..."

Ah, must be true then!

That's a thought gifkins,

But I don't think he would want to drop down maybe we could offer £1.5/£2million plus leadbitter to them cause they wanted him and otherwise he will leave for nothing in the summer!

If we can bid £2m for an unknown league 2 player surely we can make it up to £3m and activate Billy sharps release clause and he's a proven goalscorer at this level and only 26!!

£2m for a 17-year-old from L2 rebuffed?! Not saying the lad doesn't have talent and a bright future ahead of him, but I can't see how we can justify investing that much on him, especially given our defensive plight.

I'd rather see us focus on getting the Portsmouth duo or, come to think of it, any set of a least half decent centre backs and a proper right back!

COYBs!

If its true then its nice that ITFC are being linked with players like this, but in reality i think we need to set our sights a bit lower!