Paul Jewell admits that there are plenty of clubs in the Championship with greater spending power than the Blues at present, but insists it’s important for the club to keep its spending in check.
Jewell is pleased to have added Peterborough’s Paul Taylor to his squad, but says the initial fee that Town paid isn’t a lot when compared to the cash being splashed elsewhere: "We’ve paid £1.5 million for Paul Taylor, is that not a big signing?
"It’s probably not a big signing when you see that Blackburn are paying £8 million for one [Jordan Rhodes] and Cardiff have just paid £3 million for another one [Nicky Maynard], having signed Craig Bellamy, having signed Heidar Helguson.
"I think the supporters look around the Championship and they realise it’s a division that’s full of teams that have got more spending power than maybe we have. Clubs that are expected to be at the top of the league, but not everyone can be top of the league.
"Not everyone can go throw money around and, we keep on going on about it, clubs will go out of business one day. That’s the last thing anyone wants.
"We’re not penny-pinching, we’re just trying to do things properly. If there’s no money to spend or not a lot of money to spend and you put your club at risk by spending that money, I don’t think people want that.
"It’s happened to Glasgow Rangers, it happened to Leeds United. Bigger clubs than Ipswich have been financially in trouble.
"I take responsibility for all the signings and I make the targets and if we can’t arrange a deal with the players, we can’t arrange a deal with the players. You can’t have every player you want.”