Former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is claimed to be Paul Jewell’s successor if all fails to go to plan at Town this season by one of this morning’s tabloids. Meanwhile, Wolves and Leeds are linked with Luke Hyam.

Redknapp is known to be friends with Blues owner Marcus Evans and rumours that he might be a potential future Town boss have been circulating locally since the two of them were shown playing golf together at the Sir Bobby Robson Classic in Portugal over the summer.

The ex-Spurs manager is understood to have been involved in the process of putting together the short-list of candidates for the Town job when Roy Keane was sacked, while Charlie Woods, who worked with Redknapp at White Hart Lane as well as with Robson at a number of clubs, is also amongst Evans’s confidantes.

Evans, however, is also understood to have a good relationship with current boss Jewell, whose terms are up at the end of the season, and has had a history of giving his managers time. Having given the Liverpudlian not insignificant money to spend in the last week for Peterborough striker Paul Taylor, unless the season goes very badly wrong, a change seems unlikely in the short-term.

Other newspapers link Redknapp with potential returns to Southampton and West Ham and also the QPR job this morning should their current incumbents fail to cut the mustard in the Premier League and it would seem far more likely that the 65-year-old would be after another position in the top flight.

Elsewhere, Town are claimed to be struggling to keep hold of midfielder Luke Hyam, who is said to be on £650-a-week, the lowest wage in the Blues first team squad. Speaking last week, Jewell said he will be offering the 20-year-old, whose current deal is up at the end of the season, a new contract, but Wolves and Leeds are said to be interested.

Hyam was given his current terms last season with manager Jewell keen to keep young players hungry and not give them too much too soon, but reward them with longer and more lucrative contracts as they progress.

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Tractastic added 21:46 - Sep 2 @ Floridaboy Nor is Jewell!!
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davidsc1971 added 00:23 - Sep 3 Redknapp could be a grade A disaster for Ipswich. He only knows how to spend big and if it doesn't work he does one leaving a trail of devastation behind him. Even if he was successful, am I right in thinking that promotion to the Premier League triggers repayments back to the owner - now call me a cynic but if I had seen quite a few million quid slashed up against the wall by a succession of mediocre managers then I'd be looking for a way to get it back too. Can't fault Evans for that but I reckon it'll be one hell of a bumpy ride if repayments are made before squad investments in the Premier League. Either way doesn't look particularly appealing if more millions are spent getting there. Harry's a definite no from me. Hyam deserves more money. End of.

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caught-in-limbo added 11:12 - Sep 3 Hyam going and Redknapp coming: two stories that will only end in tears. Why do we do this to ourselves?
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fifeblue added 11:21 - Sep 3 When Bobby Robson was the manager of a far better team than we curently had, he would have no hesitation in regularly playing the likes of Burley, Wark, Butcher, Osman, Beattie etc. in a team that was challenging at the top end of what is now the Premier League. All these players started playing regularly at a younger age than Luke Hyam. Luke Hyam is already as good as any of those players at the same age. He is a future superstar and should be the first name on the teamsheet every week. If Luke Hyam goes then that's it: the game's up. I know you have to let the manager manage but every Ipswich fan and his dog can see that Luke Hyam is not only the future of this team, he is the present. He is at least as good as those youngsters that Wenger plays in his Arsenal team: Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberpot, Wilshire etc. If he is good enough then he is old enough. Bobby Robson would despair. Bring back George Burley.

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TimmyH added 20:32 - Sep 3 Agreed if Hyam goes, I'll take up dominoes as a hobby. Hyam and Drury got PJ out of the sh@* in January/February only to be dropped for leadboots, do this at your peril PJ. As for Harry, you can see him now eyeing up the job at St Mary's - Adkins does all the donkey work and just a few games into the Premiership Arry' takes over - just a short drive into work this time!
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h32 added 21:27 - Sep 3 floridaboy - you obviously don't know a player when you see one do you - ludicrous post.
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