New Town signing Nathan Ellington said he was delighted to be reunited with his former Wigan and Derby boss Paul Jewell after signing a two-year deal with the Blues earlier today. The 29-year-old says the Liverpudlian is the manager who has got the best out of him throughout his career.
Speaking at a Portman Road press conference this afternoon, Ellington said: "I’m very happy to be joining Paul Jewell again.
"He’s excited at the job he has here at Ipswich and what lies in store for the club. He sold me on that and I am very happy to be joining a big club like Ipswich.
"When you play for a club you have to have a manager who believes in you and I think he’s believed in me the most over my career, and that’s produced good football for me and winning football for him. It’s a recipe for success really.”
The Bradford-born striker, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Preston, says he hopes Jewell will replicate the job he did with the Latics: "I think he built a great squad at Wigan. Not only were they great on the field but we had a togetherness like nowhere else I’ve ever been.
"I know he knows all the components that you need to make a successful team, obviously he managed that at Wigan and he was trying to recreate that at Derby, but obviously things didn’t work out exactly how he wanted. "I have a lot of faith in him as a manager and he has a lot of faith in me as a player and he knows how to bring out the best in me. I’m happy to be working with a manager like that again and getting back to what I know I can do.” Chief executive Simon Clegg added: "We’re delighted that Nathan’s with us and will be with us for the next couple of seasons. He’s had an extensive career, has had a good goalscoring record in seasons gone by and has worked with the manager on a couple of occasions, both with Wigan Athletic and at Derby County on loan. "He’s a good signing for the club, the third signing of the summer and we continue to be very excited and very upbeat in terms of what we can achieve with the squad going forward.” Clegg refused to be drawn on any further possible signings, keeping to the club’s usual policy of not commenting on speculation, although he confirmed that Ellington won’t be the last player through the Portman Road doors this summer.What to read next:
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