Lavery Offer Still on Table - Ipswich Town News
Blues boss Paul Jewell says he will make decisions regarding young striker Caolan Lavery in the next few days. The 18-year-old Northern Ireland U21 international has turned down the professional contract which was offered to him earlier in the month.
Jewell said: "We made him an offer that his agent refused. His agent rang me this morning [Thursday] and I’ve got to get back to him.
"As far as I’m concerned the offer will be on the table for a while yet and it’s up to him to take it. If he doesn’t want to take it, we’ll see what happens from there.
"We offered him a contract until the end of the season to try and give him an opportunity because the kid’s worked hard.
"But he’s quite entitled to turn it down, that’s his prerogative. If he turns it down, I’ll decide what I want to do in the next day or two.”
Lavery’s academy scholarship, which was extended when he suffered a serious knee injury last season, is due to end on Saturday. If the Canada-born frontman moves on to another club, the Blues are entitled to compensation.
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