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Evans: I've Had Offers for Town - Ipswich Town News

Town owner Marcus Evans has revealed that he gets “offers all the time” from parties interested in buying the Blues.

"There are always people making offers for football clubs and I get offers all the time," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"Therefore, if I was interested in not being involved in the club, I would have had ample opportunity in much more difficult periods to become a season ticket holder rather than the person who has to write the cheques out to support the whole club.”

Evans was speaking to Mark Murphy in a wider interview which will be featured on Friday’s BBC Radio Suffolk Breakfast Show (from 7am) and also on Saturday’s Life’s a Pitch (12pm-2pm).

However, as with the Blues’ owner’s previous contacts with the media, the interview was given with the agreement that the audio would not be broadcast.

The 50-year-old owner also admits that he thought getting Town into the Premier League would be an easier job when he completed his takeover towards the end of 2007: ”When I first bought the club I did expect it to happen far easier.

"Those people who sold the club did a very good selling job in persuading me that a little bit of extra money and one or two extra players was all that was needed.

"One of the previous managers, Joe Royle, was always quoted to me by people at the club. He always said if we just had one or two extra players we were definitely going to get promoted.

"I've now found out that every manager says that. So that is something that I did think was going to be easier."

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