Owner Evans at Portman Road - Ipswich Town News
Town owner Marcus Evans was spotted at both Portman Road and at the Blues’ Playford Road training ground earlier today. Evans will probably have been meeting with chief executive Simon Clegg and manager Paul Jewell as the club looks to make more signings ahead of the closure of the transfer window next Wednesday.
Evans, unlikely to have been impressed with the Blues’ recent results, is very much hands-on in Town’s transfer business, which Clegg has described as a "three-person approach”.
The Blues are close to completing the addition of free agent Ibrahima Sonko, while Town’s attempt to sign former loanee Jimmy Bullard on a permanent basis is also likely to have been high on the agenda.
TWTD understands that the Blues, QPR and Portsmouth are the main contenders for the midfielder’s signature in the wake of his contract at Hull being terminated with Town very much in with a chance of bringing last season’s Player of the Year back to Portman Road.
Yesterday, Town boss Jewell revealed that an offer had been made to a Premier League club regarding a central defender but no news is likely on that front until the manager’s pre-match press conference on Thursday morning.
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