Swindon chairman Jeremy Wray says his club have not received a bid from Town for Matt Ritchie (pictured) and Paul Caddis. The Blues were understood to have made a move for the winger and the right-back over the weekend, manager Paul Jewell having revealed that Town had made an offer for two players at one club and a third target from another after Saturday’s draw with Blackpool.

However, Wray says his club have not received any offers for any of his squad: “There have been no bids for any of our players.”

With speculation rife regarding Ritchie in particular, the left-footed right winger was also linked with Reading, Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday over the weekend and Town were amongst a host of clubs represented at Swindon’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy clash at Barnet last Tuesday, manager Paolo Di Canio says he’s determined to hold on to the 22-year-old: “I told him to forget about going somewhere, we want to keep him and bring in other players. We want to win the league and he is one of the main parts of this team.

“He was fantastic at Rotherham and thanks to him. He did his part and he is a fantastic professional and hopefully he can keep going until the end of the season.”

Last week, Swindon made an offer for Town striker Ronan Murray, who they want to sign on a permanent basis after his successful loan at the County Ground. Murray is now back with the Blues with that spell over at the weekend.

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RegencyBlue added 08:58 - Jan 16 Oh well, back to has been Premier League journeymen then!!
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BROTHERBLUE1974 added 08:58 - Jan 16 Sounds about right!!
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Dissblue added 09:08 - Jan 16 Has he checked his voicemail?
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icetruckiller added 09:11 - Jan 16 Clegg probably sent the bid by carrier pigeon.
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Stato added 09:14 - Jan 16 Might be explained as semantics around "enquiry" and "bid" i.e. maybe we have "enquiried" about their availability with a view to making a bid and their chairman plays the game by saying "no bids"
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casanovacrow added 09:31 - Jan 16 it will be crofts and wilbraham then.
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newboy added 09:36 - Jan 16 No surprise there all he does is talk - and generall its things he thinks people want to hear just to try and placate everything all talk no action relegation looming
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Marcus added 09:51 - Jan 16 InterestIng use of language. 'No bids' rather than 'no enquiries' or 'no offers'. Let's see how this plays out before drawing conclusions. The players have only been gossiped about by the press rather than named so we could be way off.
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jas0999 added 09:51 - Jan 16 Intereseting - these players did seem a little too young for PJ.
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casanovacrow added 09:56 - Jan 16 jewell did say he placed 3bids ..hoping that there was an enquiry is just wishful thinking
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KenDubZ added 10:01 - Jan 16 Had a dream last night that we signed them two ahaa
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KenDubZ added 10:01 - Jan 16 Had a dream last night that we signed them two ahaa
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tractorboy2434 added 10:23 - Jan 16 Jackanory ! people will believe anything they here at Ipswich, there will be a couple more loan signings and that is it, Evans has the purse strings nice and tight, in any case would anyone seriously give Jewell more money, not likely !
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Pessimistic added 10:30 - Jan 16 I have been informed by an insider at Crewe that two bids have been made by Town for their players. He did not tell me which two though but we shall see...
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walberswick added 10:55 - Jan 16 PJ is a wind bag, not a top class manager. All talk.
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irishtim added 11:04 - Jan 16 cmon pj get these players in & stop driving us nuts.
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PauloJulio added 11:06 - Jan 16 i heard a rumour its Nick Powell (midfield) and Max Clayton (striker) of Crewe Alexandra both England youth Internationals.
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DiamondGezzer added 11:07 - Jan 16 Anyone happy at the prospect of new additions ?
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lowtit added 11:09 - Jan 16 take heed then PJ, dont go cocking it up again - and dont play priskin!!!!
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brittaniaman added 11:26 - Jan 16 WELL we are in the 2nd. half of the transfer window and all we have got is a 2nd hand goalie who we are tuning up for Reading, not bad hey !!!!
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singtown added 11:32 - Jan 16 Is PJ playing the monkey on the fans again? We r slipping on banana skin all over now!
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walberswick added 11:37 - Jan 16 Looks like PJ spent Christmas stuffing himself, forgot to work out Plan B.
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Tractamatt added 11:47 - Jan 16 Phil can you confirm that the fact the bids were made for swindon players was an official Ipswich statement or press speculation.Lets not jump to conclusions as I've been told one of the bids was for Ambrose but we know thats aload of tosh, he's just extended his contract at palace. I think people should hold fire on the jewell bashing till we know the facts.
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Marcus added 12:03 - Jan 16 Please give PJ until February. He's really trying to put things right and his heart is in the right place. He's a capable manager who's made some mistakes. Town need stability and continuity - we needn't become another QPR and sack the boss every time the wind changes.
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walberswick added 12:06 - Jan 16 We could do a Sunderland, rather than a QPR.
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