Portsmouth Triple Deal Talks Continue
Tuesday, 31st Jan 2012 15:17

Town continue to work on their triple move for Portsmouth’s Jason Pearce, Joel Ward and Stephen Henderson with negotiations set to go all the way to this evening’s 11pm deadline.

Despite the trio all being in Hampshire this morning, talks between the clubs and involving Pompey’s parent company’s administrator have continued behind the scenes and claims that the deal is all but dead are somewhat premature.

Town could still land one, two or all three of their targets with just under eight hours of the window remaining.

A source close to Pompey told TWTD earlier that versatile midfielder or defender Joel Ward was the most likely of the three to sign, although wasn’t ruling out any of the trio making the switch to Portman Road.

Portsmouth need to sell players due their ongoing financial problems which saw them issued with a winding-up order last week. Winger Ryan Williams looks set to join Fulham for £500,000 but they would appear to need to raise significantly more than that with HMRC owed £1.6 million in unpaid PAYE.

Even if all aspects of the deal (or deals) aren’t sorted before tonight’s deadline, Town have previously signed players such as Alan Quinn and Jon Stead on loan initially with the details of a permanent switch completed in the days afterwards.

We understand no other deals, in or out, are currently ongoing.

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Karlosfandangal added 15:21 - Jan 31 Smith from Tottenham has gone to Leeds on loan so we will not be getting him as well
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mightytown added 15:21 - Jan 31 Sindre94 I have not commented on here for a while, last time i did was during the keane era. i gave up as all people ever seemed to do was bicker, then i broke my laptop. i always check on here for news though and read the comments and you are by far my favourite poster. your from scandanavia right? and you support town and your young, i salute you sir!
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Sindre94 added 15:23 - Jan 31 Thanks, yes Im a 17 year old Norwegian lad!:) Hopefully we get these, would be so good for the club, the town and everyone in suffolk, and us in norway and the rest of the world ofcourse:) GET THEM PAUL! I trust u mate
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l12rdp added 15:24 - Jan 31 clegg out free transfer him
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gaffer99 added 15:25 - Jan 31 Sorry Phil, I think this story is dead, and I don't blame jewell at all. He gave CLEGG a list of players, and he's done naff all! CLEGG OUT
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noggin added 15:25 - Jan 31 Heia Ipswich! As we say in Norway.
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ipswich4eva added 15:25 - Jan 31 are we ever gonna get any other news other than talks are continuing
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mightytown added 15:27 - Jan 31 loving the love from norway! heia ipswich!
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steed added 15:29 - Jan 31 Break the bank and get all three other wise we are doomed and I don't won't loans players who don't really want to play for the club
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mightytown added 15:29 - Jan 31 if jewell gets sacked (and i hope he doesnt) we should do everything we can to get ole gunnar solskjear, he's doing great things with molde i hear?
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OutofTown added 15:29 - Jan 31 Get your boots on, Beattie...
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floridaboy added 15:30 - Jan 31 Billy Clarke has signed for Crawley from Blackpool!
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NITFC added 15:30 - Jan 31 Hello Norwegian Blues. Just wanted to let you know that I am coming to Oslo to see the Norway v England match in May. It should be much more fun than watching Ipswich at present
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mark1969 added 15:31 - Jan 31 If we get nothing after all this you cannot blame Jewell if he and the scouts have identified the Targets , its the negotaitor and that probably falls at the feet of Clegg ? Time will tell ! You have 6 hours to go mate good luck !!
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casanovacrow added 15:31 - Jan 31

We have been talking for over a week ...this story is to hide the fact Jewell still hasn't sorted ANYTHING out.
No one wants to come here because between Marcus Evans managers Keane and Jewell we have lost the heart and soul of the club and turned it into a rubbish heartless dead end club with zero prospects and 66million of debt. We were a team that created players, now we are seen as one that is the place old farts spend their final days picking up their last pay packets.
Jewell may have realised his failings in the approach but the damage is done, we are no longer seen as an attractive prospect for up and coming players

Thetruth added 15:31 - Jan 31

BORING.............

Teams that mean business do the business

We fail miserably wether it be January or Summer windows

Ipswich needs to become the shopping capital of the UK, have the best nightlife in the UK to get the wags interested - Ipswich has neither.

And all this crying aside, if you were any of these players why would you want to come and sign for Ipswich?? Really and truly what has the Club/ Team got going for it currently - Sweet Nothing

Forget the stores - concentrate on opposition for next season - League 1

This club has been in a sad state of affairs for too long now

Infineteregress added 15:32 - Jan 31 Talk about going down to the wire. I do hope some of the naysayers on here will give the club at least a modicum of credit IF (and I admit it is a very big if) we manage to pull these deals off. COYBs!
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hogster1970 added 15:33 - Jan 31

you watch we wont sign no one, WHY well easy once the olymics are out of the way marcus and his olympic crony clegg will leave, as he proberly only used itfc as a marketing platform for 2012, thats why jewel is still here and clegg, and thats why we havnt signed any one, this playtoy has failed and he will cut and run, i might be a bit synical but hey lets wait and see, and then we will see i told you so,

if evenas heart was in it, jewel would have been gone, he would have used his cheque more wisely on getting in a good manager and head coach and build from there, he tried keane and that failed in terms of the club but prob not the amount keane was on sky with the big brand behind him, but still hope im totaly wrong, also defo ditch murphy, keep martin and carson on the wings, hyma and dury in the middle and chops and scotland upfront, thats the only way we will get any thing out of this game. if leadboots is in we are also stuffed,

mark1969 added 15:35 - Jan 31 Talk is cheap how about some action !!!
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jas0999 added 15:35 - Jan 31 All the eggs in one basket. This will surely make or break PJ. Need at least two of tem to do any good - but a CB is CRITICAL.
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cornishnick added 15:36 - Jan 31 If Pompey are talking,then surely there's a deal to be done. Might have to pay over the odds, but these are desperate days. Will be more costly if we get relegated. Offer them a deal they can't refuse and be done with it.
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