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McCarthy: Players Will Have to Leave Before Too Many More Can Be Signed
Monday, 26th Jun 2017 17:24

Town boss Mick McCarthy says there will have to be players leaving his squad before he can make too many more additions.

So far the Blues have signed striker Joe Garner from Rangers for a £1 million, while Manchester City youngster Bersant Celina is expected to complete a season-long loan in the days to come.

Jordan Spence, who was on a short-term deal last season, has signed a two-year contract, while Cardiff have accepted an offer for Emyr Huws, who spent the second half of the last campaign at Portman Road.

McCarthy says he has other irons in the fire: “Oh yes, those have been ongoing for a long, long time and we’ll see what comes of them.”

The Blues manager says he and owner Marcus Evans, who appears to have loosened the purse strings this summer, are singing from the same hymn sheet.

“Yes, even if I wasn’t, I wouldn’t tell you,” he joked. “But we are with the signings that have made already and the ones that we’re trying to sign. We’re going to have to get some out, then hopefully we can freshen it up a little bit more.”

McCarthy says Evans remains as ambitious as ever: “Yes, we all want to get promoted, we all want to emulate Huddersfield or Blackpool from a few years ago or whoever else you want to name, Barnsley from years ago, that got promoted out of the blue. Everybody wants to be that team. But it’s going to be quite a lot of hard work.”

Is Evans backing him financially? “It’s at what level. We’ve already spent some money. But we’re going to have to lose some before we go around signing too many others.

“I’ve had words with a few of them and something may come of that and if it does then we might be able to change it around and get some other players in. If not, then we’ll be back with the same and trying to do our best.”

In May TWTD reported that striker Brett Pitman and midfielder Kevin Bru - who remained in France on the first day of pre-season training - have been told they can find clubs, but McCarthy wouldn’t confirm the identities of those he has told can move on: “I wouldn’t discuss that because they’re still our players.”

McCarthy wouldn’t be drawn on how many signings he hoped to make before the Blues travel to Ireland for the annual training camp at the Carton House Hotel in Co Kildare in a week’s time.

“I think I’ve told you before, somebody once asked me that question and I was thick enough or naive enough to give them a number. And now I’m neither of those things.”


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Ferguson added 11:40 - Jun 27
. DO THE STATS, REPLAY THE SAVES. IF WE LOSE BART, WE'RE DOWN. END OF.
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Miles added 11:40 - Jun 27
Firstly the article says some will have to leave before too many more come in. So some players will still come in first before this happens. Of the players who have left. Coke, best, Digby, Williams hardly played. Samuel only played towards the end. Diagoraga was only here for half a season and wasn't starting every game. Douglas didn't play much second half of the season. Of the players that have left Berra and Lawrence were the only ones who would play week in week out. Personally I would rather we used the youngsters to fill the gaps of 5/6 of the ones leaving than bring in more players to just fill holes in the squad. So really you're looking at 3 more decent additions before we get to the point where we have to get rid before bringing someone in. Which in fairness I think will happen. Have to remember that 4 of those players are loans who have left and there will definitely be loans coming in towards the end of the window as is standard with the way the market goes.

We have started to spend and if things carry on the way I think they are heading then we are definitely moving in the right direction. 3 more signings that will be in the starting 11 or match day squad every week before this happens and then that keeps me very happy with the way we've done business this summer.

Let's be optomistic!
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