Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has revealed that George Boyd and Paul Taylor have turned down their proposed move to Town. The pair were at Portman Road this afternoon and underwent medicals but were unable to agree personal terms.

MacAnthony tweeted: “Just had a phone call re Boyd and Taylor Posh fans from [Peterborough director of football Barry Fry] to tell me that they have turned down the move to Ipswich after meeting to discuss terms today with Ipswich and have failed to agree terms.

“This is the reason people shouldn't discuss bids been accepted etc until things are signed, sealed and delivered. Transfer window is mad isn't it?”

He later added: "Before Posh fans wet their pants, still 48 hours till window closes and I hate the uncertainty as much as rest of you on this. Honest opinion."

A statement on the Peterborough United website subsequently released reads: "George Boyd and Paul Taylor have rejected personal terms at Ipswich Town.

"Winger George Boyd and striker Paul Taylor have rejected personal terms with Ipswich Town after meeting club officials on Wednesday.

"The pair both passed medicals at Portman Road, but terms could not be agreed.

"The transfer listed pair both played for Posh in the 3-2 defeat at Reading on Tuesday night with Taylor scoring the opening goal."

Posh accepted a Town offer believed to be in the region of £2 million on Monday with the pair, whose current deals are up next summer, transfer-listed having refused to sign new contracts at London Road.

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Chop_Chop added 00:49 - Aug 30 I am now convinced this club is well and truly FUKCED
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smurfsareblue added 00:52 - Aug 30 Have always thought Jewell could be a decent manager but more I hear is that we just can not do a deal for anyone half decent. He has said on a number of occasions that we are to weak, no depth in squad and need quality players - I believe he has worked hard over his tenure to get the players in but the owner / board are obviously keen to lose a player by being tight and not paying the money. If the fair play rules mean that we can only finance wages from income / profit (simplistic description) then the only way to pay decent wages is to fill the stadium generating more income (dont get me started on a cup run). If we do not buy b4 Friday (and I mean 3-5 decent players) then the S**T will hit the fan. We will be rolled over regularly, attendences will reduce and income continue to plummet. A couple of marquee signings could put a few thousand on the gate regularly. I truly believe that if we fail to sign players by Friday that we will be in a perilous position come January. Have always said too good to go down but if we do not add to the squad this week, we simply cannot compete with at least 50% of the teams in this league even at full strength and when injurys and suspensions arrive, we are in major trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FinidiGeorgesNo1Fan added 01:04 - Aug 30 Lennyboy before you moan about the 'smartasses'on here going on about football finance, i would like to remind you that the club is close to £66 million in debt so a good whack of your ticket money probably goes to servicing the interest on that to mr evans? (hopefully even you can see that is a big hole we have dug ourselves) And coolpooper i think you'll find that sheepshanks and his deals took the club in admistration twice and cost local businesses a lot of money and the local people their jobs! like it or loath it there is not a bottomless pit of moneny, evans let Keane and Magilton invest his money and they wasted and we are now like the Greece of the championship sailing the good ship austerity with our wage structure!

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TractorBeezer added 01:48 - Aug 30 What I don't understand is how these situations can get so far down the road and then, having agreed terms with the club (in this case Peterborough), we suddenly discover that we can't do the deal with the agents and/or players. I would have thought that similar to most business negotiations, both parties would have some idea of each other's required parameters earlier on in the process which would then be subject to finalising the minor details and of course the medicals. I recall a similar sequence of events with Portsmouth recently.

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big_gaz67 added 01:48 - Aug 30 Surely, surely, surely we discuss approximate terms Utah players before going o the time and disco cost of a medical. Mind you we just spend at least £ 15000 in giving our players a mini holiday in the north east resulting in an embarrassing display. This club died the day ME took over, far frm brig our saviour he is sung this club for his own needs, not paying tax n several million pounds of investment!

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arablue added 02:11 - Aug 30 Would not lose sleep over these two...2m sounds expensive for such talent, and the club should not break its wage structure for this deal. There's still time before the window closes, so let's reserve judgment until then...
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slowerball added 02:32 - Aug 30 Shocking. Thursday tomorrow (today) and we have nobody lined-up / signed. Relegation fodder I'm afraid.
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arablue added 02:33 - Aug 30 There's so many ways a deal could collapse, so until its signed and sealed, you have to pragmatic to accept that the deal might not happen. In trying very hard not to sound like the much maligned Simon Clegg, what he said about the difficulty in doing deals is absolutely true. There are so many components to a deal and they got to get them right before a deal is sealed and signed...All stars and planets must be aligned for the deal to be completed, if its not, then no deal! As for those who heap rubbish on Marcus Evans, he did rescue the club. He put his money into the club, so unless someone else is willing to take on what he is currently doing for us, then as much as we like to say that Ipswich is OUR beloved club, the reality is that it is NOT. What we have is the affinity to the club (ie perception of belonging), to the "brand" and that as much as we can rattle off that Evans is not doing what he is supposed to be doing, he owns the club, so he is entilted to fork out on who he wants and how much he wants. Welcome to reality...

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chepstowblue added 02:36 - Aug 30 Word for word this is how i envisaged the headline this morning.Unfortunately news becomes news b4 its actually news nowadays!!
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KernewekBlue added 02:52 - Aug 30 Oh dear.... yet another season of hapless mediocrity? The slippery slope to division 1 looms ever larger. Why do we, the fans, have to suffer these transfer window sagas time after time. For Pete's sake, Mr Evans, Mr Clegg and Mr Jewel, please sort it out and don't get our hopes up again and again on transfer targets if you can't (or never really intend to) deliver the goods! Frustrated :(

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walberswick added 03:42 - Aug 30 we could do well in div1
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billlm added 04:56 - Aug 30 if i was jewell id walk he has no backing from the owne,r jewells ok, evans for the love of my club f--k off now
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Hegansheroes added 05:47 - Aug 30 So another deal falls through. Not a surprise really, the club is owned by a hard nosedusiessman, his criteria is profit, it's run by a professional CEO. The heady days of the Cobbold dynasty have long gone and we have to realise the club is a business now with no sentiment from those in charge. ME brought in the high profile Keane to get into the Premiership and sell the club on. It hasn't worked out and ME now has a white elephant on his hands. Being a life long ITFC supporter I'm finding my interest waning daily and now go to see Leiston when ever possible. ITFC are going no where under the present incumbents and PJ is not the man to take us forwards, I'm getting deja vu and if you read the EADT you'd think we were going to be top six after the first two games,then 6-0 and out of the cup, PJ please go, don't know where to it certainly won't be Derby cos you aren't exactly popular there.

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davidsc1971 added 06:19 - Aug 30 Agent and player's fault: The agent for egging on 2 players as part of the same deal, knowing that both elements needed to drop before it all went through, and the players for thinking that they can go in and ask for silly money and that they'd get it, despite FFP and quite the biggest recession this country has seen in a long time. They went in together and got told to get lost together. Clubs fault too though: PJ must be at his wits end and you have to feel sorry for the bloke, but why did he go public with this before it was signed? This was a huge error as it places all the power with the players in the negotiations. The club obviously has a structure and fair play to them for sticking to their guns, but if deals continue to fall over on wages then perhaps someone should be checking if that structure is realistic. Overall: Football as an industry is massively in debt. This club as part of that has to operate within it's means or we'll end up like Portsmouth or Rangers. If players as a collective cannot accept that their wage demands must fall or at least stay static then many more deals like this will fall through. It's not a bottomless pit

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wrightyblue added 06:20 - Aug 30 Hang on people surley your not moaning in jewell we trust remembe! Haha. This club is becoming a joke! Jewell clegg out ASAP!
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NickITFC added 06:47 - Aug 30 And people wonder why I havent been to a town game in over a year now. The club is a joke and not the club I love. I will remain away from portman road until Clegg is gone. I have faith in Jewell albeit not a lot, just Clegg is the one destroying every target Jewell has!
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wrightyblue added 06:48 - Aug 30 Clegg out
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kevlowestoft added 06:50 - Aug 30 Obviously after a deal that sets them up for life. . . . We would all probably be the same but football is at near breaking point and good on the club at taking a stance. If we had 25,000 every week then yes the deal may have been completed. The trouble is Mr Jewell is totally inept at his job and doesnt seem able to coach/develop the team into a better team. Wouldnt a wage be betted spent on a defensive coach rather than what we are paying for the olympiad that clegg hired (jobs for the boys).

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floridaboy added 06:55 - Aug 30 Sorry but it is pure greed from the players. All divisions are the same. The average player sees what the disgusting wage Van Persie just got and think they can get pro rata in the championship. Time for a reality check for the vast amount of average players in the lower divisions. For all those who want Evans out. Think of the consequences if he did up sticks. The club could well go out of business then all you so called true fans will have to go and watch local football or Colchester. I wait for the time when the banks pull the plug on football and rein in the huge debts that have been stacked up. Just think of all the mortgages and businesses that could be helped if they did!!!

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BigAlsMate added 06:58 - Aug 30 For the love of God, what is happening at our beloved club? If Jewell has any pride, he will walk away from this shower ... and that w**ker Clegg couldn't close a door never mind a transfer!!!! Evans, well who is he, does he really exist? Come on Evans, start working properly for the benefit of this club FFS!!!! Ah well, guess this means we stand a good chance of going down with the Posh this season ... big difference being at the moment their fans are happier then ours going by one of their fans forums this morning. And as for getting Martin to sign another contract ... well that's a joke isn't it - he'll walk for free at the end of the season. A club to be proud of!!!!!

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markw added 07:10 - Aug 30 The club is doomed,Come May we will be relegated
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rubbleblue added 07:16 - Aug 30 Where oh where has the stylish passing energetic running, proud to wesr the shirt ipswich team gone? ME cheers for saving us, may be time to either sell on or look at who is organising these deals. If we are not aware of player wants before they come then groundwork is useless. Jewel jury still out on you but at least show the same fight we want from the players.i love my club and always will whatever happens. COYBs

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irishtim added 07:20 - Aug 30 Lets not be held to ransom on this. Would have preferred if PJ had kept quiet on the proposed deal until signed or not. Hopefully a few signings before deadline or we could be in serious trouble. Centre half a priority imo.
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irishtim added 07:20 - Aug 30 Lets not be held to ransom on this. Would have preferred if PJ had kept quiet on the proposed deal until signed or not. Hopefully a few signings before deadline or we could be in serious trouble. Centre half a priority imo.
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Surco72 added 07:27 - Aug 30 Why let Bullard go if not to free up big wages and then not be willing to spend on new players ? Now we have no quality and money in the bank very handy as we slide to div 1 .Anyone who still thinks this mess is Jewells fault are clearly deluded ,thats ST Ledger ,Ward ,Pearce, Boyd ,Taylor ,Davies,Koziack he has had at the club with none of them agreeing financial terms those players above would make a useful team , its all very well being financially sound but in what league ?

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