Ingimarsson Leaves Town - Ipswich Town News
Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that Icelandic defender Ãvar Ingimarsson's contract has been terminated by mutual consent. The 34-year-old was one of the centre-halves heavily criticised after Monday's 3-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.
Jewell said: "We’ve terminated Ãvar’s contract, we’ve come to an agreement with him and his agent, that was agreed early in the week.
"It just hasn’t worked out, for him or for us. He’s been a terrific professional, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen. I think Ãvar accepts that and we accept that.
"I rang his agent and said ‘it’s not working out’. He’s been a terrific player, a terrific professional and is a proud man, so he doesn’t want to hang around if he’s not going to be involved."
The Blues manager says the summer free transfer from Reading, who made six starts and two sub appearances for Town, never really established himself at Portman Road: "From day one it’s been start-stop for him, so I thought it was better for him to cut ties.
"The owner’s come to an agreement with his agent about the rest of his contract.”
Aside from Ingimarsson’s exit, Jewell says there have been no new developments on transfers either in or out.
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