Town have contacted all other Football League clubs to make them aware of the availability of eight senior players. Alex Bruce, Owen Garvan, Alan Quinn, Colin Healy, Jon Stead, Lee Martin, Kevin Lisbie and Pablo Couñago are the eight players named in a circular which was sent out earlier this week.

All eight either spent much of last season on loan or in and out of Roy Keane's first team at Portman Road.

The inclusion of Jon Stead and Alex Bruce on the 'for sale' list probably suggests their proposed moves to former loan clubs Coventry and Leicester have fallen through with both Midlands sides changing their manager since the end of the season.

Kevin Lisbie, who spent the whole of last season on loan at Colchester, is already understood to be interesting a number of sides with Millwall having made their interest known.

All the players on the list are contracted until 2011, except Lee Martin, who may prove the hardest to move on, the former Manchester United man signing a four-year contract worth £12,000-a-week a year ago, terms which are unlikely to be on offer anywhere else after last year’s disappointing showing.

It’s no surprise that Roy Keane is looking to off-load a significant number of fringe players, the Blues boss revealing that exits would need to take place to partly fund his planned summer spending back in April: “At the moment, in the reserve group, we’ve got too many experienced players on too big wages. I don’t want that at the football club.”

Keane, who plans to have a smaller squad for the 2010/11 campaign with David Wright, Richard Wright and Liam Trotter already departed, also warned that moving players on might not prove a simple task: “It’s easier said than done. The players are under contract, they don’t want to move and when it’s clear to them that I don’t see them in my plans, some players will just sit tight. It’s about trying to find them the right clubs, but that will be down to their agents.”

Owner Marcus Evans also made the intention to shift out unwanted squad members clear in his programme statement at the end of the season: "While Roy has identified four or five players he would like to bring to Portman Road, he's also aware that he has a big squad and he's looking to trim that down. It's about getting the balance right."

One name which fans may be surprised to see missing from the list is striker Tamás Priskin, who failed to live up to his £1.7 million price-tag after joining the Blues from Watford last summer. It appears the Hungarian international, who spent the second half of the season on loan at QPR, will be given another opportunity to prove himself at Portman Road next season.

Elsewhere, Town’s chances of signing long-term target Michael Chopra could be enhanced by the Bluebirds' financial problems apparently continuing, despite their recent takeover by a Malaysian consortium.

A report in Wales claims Cardiff have so far failed to pay their players this month, having cancelled their pre-season tour at short notice.

The Welsh club are also due to make a £1.5 million payment to Sunderland by the end of July, part of the deal which saw the 26-year-old return to Cardiff last summer.

Chopra’s contract also included a clause which would see him receive an improved deal if he scored 20 goals in a season, which he did during 2009/10. The ex-Newcastle trainee is still to hold much-reported talks with his club regarding his future.

Meanwhile, Town's Ticket Office are selling tickets for the pre-season game against PSV in Eindhoven on Saturday 17th July (KO 7pm), priced at £4.25 with a donation going to KWF, the Dutch Cancer Foundation.

The match is part of PSV’s fans’ day, which starts at 4pm with food, drink and PSV-related items available at booths in car park P2 and in the Stadium Square in front of PSV FANworld.

The stadium itself opens at 5.30pm when music will be played and PSV TV films will be shown on large video screens. The coaching staff and players will be introduced to the crowd from 6pm and PSV’s summer signings will be unveiled and interviewed.

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Surco72 added 14:54 - Jun 30 Stead should be kept and given a proper run in the team like Murphy was allowed ,he is proven at this level scoring only 3 less than Chopra over the last two seasons who Keane is willing to blow £4 million on. Garvan is still very young and has shown on a number of occasions he is more than capable for this league and just needs some consistency like most youngsters ,he scored 7 times the season before Keane took over that is more than Keanes million pound signings put together from last year . To me this shows Keanes change his mind attitude to a flip of a coin ,Bruce now not good enough after being made Captain last year , a million spent on Martin now not good enough . "Stead and Garvan will never play for the club again" ,few months later they play in our only good spell of the season !! "I will make the players applaud the fans at the end of every game " ,happened maybe a few times !! "My squad is good enough to challenge" few months later we need to bring in a lot of characters !! "Mac is definately my captain ",few months later his agent is told he can leave, end of season player of the year !! Like you said Keano any average manager can finish mid table in the championship and by your own words you are so far below average . Burley and other managers will be rubbing his hands together to pick off Garvan,Stead and Counago for very little and they will probably finish above us like Haynes and Clarke last season

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IpswichElvis added 14:57 - Jun 30 andyitfc - when things go right for Keano, he is up there with the best??? I can only imagine you are referring to his promotion season with Sunderland back in 2006 when he had better players than he does now. That was 4 years ago now and he hasn't done a bloody thing since.
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svendust added 15:04 - Jun 30 Bruce could be a good back up but the problem is he wants first team and we have three better CBs than him, plus Keane wouldn't let his mates son's career rot on the bench. Agree with the others though will be sad if Pablo goes, he shows moments of genius but as others have mentioned he's too inconsistent.
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fatuncle added 15:09 - Jun 30 Roy Keane "what a knob" makes magilton look competant
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IpswichElvis added 15:14 - Jun 30 I wonder if Burley will be back in for any of this lot?? Not Martin or Healy though as everybody and their brother knows they are crap. I am curious why Priskin is not listed though. He is just as bad as the other two. maybe Keane does not want everybody to know that 3 of his signings last year were sh!te.
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wazza added 15:14 - Jun 30 As a number of people said we could have drawn this list up ourselves and it should have been circulated earlier - 1st Feb or even 1st Jan, would have given clubs time to look at them last season when it was already obvious Keane did not rate / want. personally i feel a settled team would have gain us points. As a number of you have said who will take these players and at the moment looks like we could be going into the season without new signings and with a number of players on the pitch who have been told they are not wanted

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andyitfc added 15:24 - Jun 30 IpswichElvis - yes I do mean that season not a bad effort bottom to champions in the same season admittedly he needs to do alot more than just that, have confidence in the man, slagging off your own team's manager before the season even starts is in my eyes a bit small minded yes you're entitled to an opinion but he's not gonna be sacked so lets get behind our team rather than whinging pointlessly.

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IpswichElvis added 15:31 - Jun 30 andyitfc - back then Keane was an unknown quantity. Those players had just come down from the Premier and were lacking in confidence. Also, Keane made some buys (who were all mates) who could add to the squad and they got promoted and spent a huge wad doing it. Fast forward 4 years. Keane led us to once of the worst seasons in living memory. He has bought crap players. He has failed to buy anybody new this year. All his mates/ex-teammates are retired or over the hill. Sunderland have no more rejects to buy or loan. For us, he chops and changes the team. Some players were told they are not wanted and then played when injuries came along. Can't choose a captain. Can't choose an assistant manager. Well, you have convinced me Andy !!!!

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tractorboybig added 15:32 - Jun 30 mossey Some good youngsters I grant you but boys who have to prove themselves. Not the players to take us up???
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brogansnose added 15:34 - Jun 30 None of the names on the list are a surprise even though we all may have a personal favourite that we may not have put on there, indeed i have got a couple that i would add to it. Evans has injected a fortune into this club and he must be mightly cheesed off with Magilton and Keane buying some donkey's so im pleased that he is not going down the financial kamikaze road to ruin, although i still think that 4 m for Chopra is way too much. A smaller tighter squad with the youngsters having a bit of a chance of a look in can only be good but in reality some of those on the list will be difficult to shift unless they go at car boot prices and we take a big hit on Martin. Also you have got to look at the role of Clegg because those players will have been earmarked for the out long ago with the kn owledge that they go before others come in. So what have you been doing Colonel Clegg to help Keane start with new players before pre- season ?

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Monkey_Blue added 15:54 - Jun 30 Andy ITFC, sunderland were next to bottom in august, i.e 4 games, when keane took over, probably not the miracle you might think and they had a large squad of good players which he added 16 to that season. The spent 40m the next season and stayed up by three points, so one win and were obviously in the relegation zone when he walked having spent another 30m. To say getting a huge club like sunderland up with lots of money and good players already there makes him "up with the best" is over statement on a scale of saying vinnie jones was one of the most gifted playmakers of his generation

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IpswichElvis added 16:03 - Jun 30 Spot on Monkey_Blue. He spend shedfuls of cash before walking out didn't he? Maybe that is why Marcus is keeping him on a tight leash. Apparently, Keane himself also remodelled the Sunderland dressing room every other week !!!!
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yorksblue added 16:39 - Jun 30 Let's face it, guys. We're going down, unless this clown goes now. Get Mowbray in, before it's too late.
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jas0999 added 16:48 - Jun 30 . . . and still people moan! I can not understand why some people on here have to be 100% negative about Roy ALL of the time - rather than give a balanced argument. I dare say some would find a reason to moan if we signed Ronaldo! If you have absolutely nothing positive to say, perhaps say nothing at all. Some of these posts are laughable. I read earlier that someone (clearly deluded) thinks we should play Delaney at right back - clearly never seen Ipswich play!! The same people who are moaning about these players being made available, are probably the same people who moaned about them throughout the season. Now we all have our favourites. I would be sad to see Pablo and Garvan leave. BUT it's time to be realistic. Pablo scored TWO goals last season. Will that be good enough to fire us up the table? No. Garvan is a decent player. Sadly, he doesn't play well away from home. With that in mind he is only good for 50% of a season. Out of that he will have poor games at home as well. Is that good enough? No. As for the other 6, well Healy and Quinn are clearly not good enough. Lisbie is perhaps the worst ever Ipswich signing. Bruce and Stead will be on big wages and are both very average. Lee Martin is an interesting one. If we can offload him, I don't think it will be a major loss - although I'd like to see him break through next year. I still think Priskin has something to offer. Lets not forget he joined a few days before the start of last season. With a decent pre-season behind him, I think he COULD score a few goals for us. But it's all about opinions and no doubt many will disagree with that!

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SouperJim added 16:58 - Jun 30 jas I'm with you on moaning for moanings sake, but this is a far from ideal situation. Players come and go no matter the manager, but having 8 transfer listed players hanging about during preseason can only be a negative thing. For once I think the moaners have got just cause mate.
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ipswichfrancis added 16:59 - Jun 30 it is a joke for RK to sign Colin Healy and Lee Martin only to put them on transfer immediately after a season, it only shows that RK has poor vision and takes a casual approach spending $$$ which the club can hardly afford.... RK should be shown the door first, the players will perform better after the clown leaves....
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blueherts added 17:04 - Jun 30 Now now - Facts - ME is a pretty shrewd businessman and like most successful ones is not gonna throw money around- especially when he had faith last season in Keane and seeing what martin cost I am dumbfounded - What a con - Fergie must have been laughing to get his Academy costs paid for a year by that muppet Martin is and was shocking Garvan will find a decent club - maybe Palace and prove a good player The rest we may have trouble off loading As for signings - I said on many occasions last year we should look at Simeon or other players - scoring in Div One - with motivation We have seen what a team of overpaid , primadonna Prem players can do in recent weeks - give me hardworking team ethic anyday and we will move on Oh sorry i forgot - you then need a manager who can motivate and relate to players - errrr ..Taxi

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blueherts added 17:05 - Jun 30 Lets start a Keano for England campaign
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cheeseboy added 17:10 - Jun 30 jas0999 - this is a forum not a dictatorship - anyone can say whatever they like - or perhaps we should all just agree with you.
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IpswichElvis added 17:11 - Jun 30 How about a Keano for Norwich campaign !!!!!
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Wickets added 17:52 - Jun 30 Yer i hate moaners almost as much as i luv Town, i will always try and support the manager but i will heave a sigh of relief when this crazy irishman moves on!!
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Mark added 17:54 - Jun 30 Yesterday Keane said we might have to work with what we have got, and today 8 of what we have got are transfer listed! Morale in the squad must be very low indeed. Due to wages, it might be tough to move these players out so they will either hang around and depress everyone further, or be shipped out on loan with Ipswich paying most of the wages. Bruce, Garvan, Quinn and Stead are reasonable Championship players and if a manager could get the best out of them they could do a job for us, at least as back up and challenge to the main 11. I like Counago, but his scoring record is poor and he is getting older so it makes sense to get rid of him. Healy, Martin and Lisbie are nowhere near good enough. So Carlos Edwards is staying then, is he? On what basis?

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leadbitter6 added 17:58 - Jun 30 no surprises there to be honest, none of them are really good enough.
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blues1 added 18:07 - Jun 30 im sorry, but i jst cannot believe there r still people on here who think we shld keep counago look, ive nuthing against the guy, he bin a gud player in the past but thats wot it is, in the past. hes a striker, who has managed jst 2 goals in the past 2 seasons, & frankly, ne1 who thinks hed do ne betta nxt season needs 2 wake up & smell the coffee. 2 b honest, none of the players named r gud enuf 4 the job in hand, & i certainly wldntr b losing ne sleep abt ne of them leaving. that said, it is worrying that if we c ant get ne new signings in we cld b in big trouble. then again, imo, the squad we have wld almost certainly b involved in a relegation dogfight frm day1 of the coming season.

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brogansnose added 18:18 - Jun 30 Personaly i'm not too bothered about morale. The players on the list are almost to a man overpaid and pampered beyond belief, like most footballers inc. the England squad, so if their ego's are hurt then tough. Surely their best bet now is to act proffesionally and try hard to put themselves in the shop window as a good aquisition for someone. If they want to stir things up then make them train by themselves. Let's face it, whatever your view is of Keane, at times he , and us , were let down by poor ' i couldnt give a toss ' performances and they should have had some pride. Watford, Peterborough anyone ? @ Mark re; Edwards - no basis for him to stay either.

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