Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that Nottingham Forest midfielder Guy Moussi’s proposed switch to Town broke down due to the 26-year-old Frenchman’s sister or mum persuading him not to move to Suffolk. Holding midfielder Moussi was out of contract in the summer and was close to joining the Blues before signing a new deal at the City Ground.

Jewell said: “We tried to get Moussi but his sister or his mum didn’t want him to move to Ipswich, so he didn’t come.

“I forget which one it was, I think it was his sister or both of them. That’s what his agent told me. I didn’t get to speak to the player, I spoke to the agent or Simon Clegg did.

“He was supposed to be at Portman Road but the agent said his sister talked him out of moving all the way from Nottingham to Ipswich. I just shook my head and moved on. Perhaps it was the agent just spinning a yarn!”

The Blues boss also tried to sign veteran Dutch international George Boateng but again Town lost out to the Midlanders: “We had George Boateng here on trial but obviously Steve McClaren knew him from their Middlesbrough days and Steve took him over to Forest.”

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BLUEBEAT added 08:41 - Nov 19 location location location
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We8Norwich added 09:33 - Nov 19 Sounds like he needs to grow a pair and grow up the big baby!!!
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jert16 added 10:58 - Nov 19 lol his sister? Massive shame though, would have been ideal in our midfield
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jas0999 added 12:44 - Nov 19 Or perhaps the agent was very unimpressed with Jewell and Clegg i.e. Clegg probab;ly thought he could offer the player a deal which was LESS than his previous contract. Not good. Not good at all.
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mathieshattrick added 13:58 - Nov 19 With the whole sister/mum confusion issue, he would probably be happier in Norfolk.
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BotesdaleBlue added 14:44 - Nov 19 It's amazing that jas0999 just has to get in his Jewell dig in every story
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runningout added 21:20 - Nov 19 nothing wrong with wanting to stay here in Notts?....:)
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denhamblue added 06:39 - Nov 20 whats pete griffin got to do with it?
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h32 added 12:17 - Nov 20 .......... typical - no one seems to know who spoke to who about what. Brother, sister, auntie, uncle, jewell, clegg ............. whatever. Just how ramshackle the Club has become - and the good name and reputation of ITFC continues to be eroded. Doesn't help when trying to attract players to the Club - other than on loan, that's for sure.
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