Loan midfielder Keith Andrews says he’s not sure where he’ll be playing his football after January but doesn’t expect it to be with parent club Blackburn. The 31-year-old feels he was treated badly by the Premier League table proppers in the summer and hopes to move during the transfer window.
Andrews said: "If I’m being completely honest I feel my time there is done and don’t want to play for them again. I didn’t particularly like the way I was treated by the club last summer.
"It was a little bit bizarre because I had one meeting with manager Steve Kean and was told I was part of his plans for the coming season.
"He said I was good to have about the place, a good influence on the young lads coming through and a good pro.”
Subsequently, a switch to Leeds United was set-up behind his back with Andrews instead deciding on his move to Town: "They told me they had agreed to let me go out on a season-long loan to another Championship club, not Ipswich.
"It came as a bolt out of the blue to me. I said I didn’t want to go to that particular club but after chatting to my family I agreed to another loan move, this time to Ipswich.
"It’s not personal with Steve Kean. I had a fine relationship with him when he was coach and I fully respect him as manager.
"From my point of view there are absolutely no hard feelings with him but a lot went on at Blackburn and people within the club know what I’m on about.
"They threw their cards on the table, told me they wanted me to move on and I took it on the chin. Now I think it would be best for all concerned if I moved on in January.”
Andrews, who has 18 months left on his Rovers deal, says that the Blues are yet to show any serious intention of keeping him at Portman Road beyond his loan spell, which is up after the Forest game: "My agent did have a meeting with the owner and Mr Clegg on Monday where not a hell of a lot was discussed, to be perfectly honest. We left the meeting with no offer and the feeling that there was no ambition to sign me.”
Premier League sides Aston Villa, Everton, Wigan, Bolton and Swansea have all been linked but he insists that top flight football isn’t the be-all and end-all as he looks ahead to Euro 2012 with the Republic of Ireland in the summer: "I said before that going to a Premier League club wasn’t everything and I stand by that. As long as it’s a team that’s forward-thinking and ambitious then I would be interested.
"It’s a big six months for me, I want to be playing regularly and want to be as fit and confident I can be going into what will be one of the highlights of my career.”
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