Town owner Marcus Evans won’t walk away from Portman Road and will continue to invest in the club, insists chief executive Simon Clegg. The fifth anniversary of Evans’s takeover of the club is only three months away with the Blues as far from promotion to the Premier League than ever.
"He’s a man who has enjoyed considerable success in his career and he doesn’t walk away from things easily,” Clegg told Ipswich Player.
"He doesn’t enjoy failure and he will continue to invest in the club to ensure that we do achieve success.
"We’re all incredibly disappointed [with the start to the season] but that just means that we have to work even harder to make sure that we turn things around.”
Clegg says the Blues owner will be in it for the long haul: "Will Marcus be around for a while? Absolutely.”
The former British Olympic Association chief says manager Paul Jewell still has the backing of the owner and that further funds will be made available for signings as and when required: "I struggle with the concept of people saying that there is no money available. We only brought Paul Taylor in from Peterborough a fortnight ago.
"I think he’s a fantastic signing, I’m very exciting about what he can do for us up front as an attacking forward. I’m bitterly disappointed that he is injured and is going to be out of the team for a number of weeks.
"That and Danny Higginbotham coming in on loan demonstrates that there continues to be the financial support of the owner.”