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Portuguese Boss Claims Town Talks
Friday, 6th Apr 2018 18:25

Portuguese manager José Gomes, who is currently in charge of Saudi Arabian side Al-Taawoun, is reported to have claimed he is in what are described as "early negotiations" with Town.

According to RTP News, Gomes told radio station Antena 1 that he has begun discussions with the Blues regarding the manager’s position which will become vacant when Mick McCarthy moves on in the summer.

“The enthusiasm is very big regarding the conversations and meetings that my agent has had in England,” Sport Witness quotes Gomes as having said in the interview.

“Because getting into a league like the Championship would indeed be extraordinary for my career.

“Football in England would be the embrace of a dream. Because it’s football with a contagious enthusiasm, with a lot of intensity, even in Championship we see stadiums filled with 20,000, 30,000 spectators in every game.”

While it might well be true that 47-year-old Gomes’s representatives have made contact with Town, the much-travelled boss, who is also said to be interesting another Saudi club Al-Hilal, would appear a very unlikely successor to McCarthy.

Gomes’s numerous previous clubs include Portuguese sides Leiria, Moreirense and Aves, as well a stint in in Hungary with Videoton and spells as an assistant at Porto, in Spain at Malaga and in Greece with Panathinaikos.

Elsewhere, former Blues loanee David Unsworth, 44, currently U23s coach and director of coaching at Everton, is said to be among those interested in the Town job.

Unsworth's only experience in first-team management up to now are spells as caretaker-boss at Preston and with the Toffeemen.

VVV-Venlo boss Maurice Steijn is again being linked with the Blues having been erroneously rumoured to be a Town target last summer.

The 44-year-old Dutchman has been tipped for a move to a bigger club this summer but would appear very much an outsider for the Portman Road job.


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liam88 added 18:31 - Apr 6
Steijn a lot of us like the look of him. Not sure on gomes though and the job would be far too big for unsworth to take on.
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midastouch added 18:32 - Apr 6
“Football in England would be the embrace of a dream. Because it's football with a contagious enthusiasm, with a lot of intensity, even in Championship we see stadiums filled with 20,000, 30,000 spectators in every game.”
He's not done his homework on us then!
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lightingblue added 18:41 - Apr 6
I'd have the Dutch bloke with Unsworth being involved in a more senior role at Ipswich. Unsworth could do some kind of role to help the young players make the transition to first team easy. Alternatively he could be assistant. By all accounts Unsworth is doing a great job at Everton. Could be tempting
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Freddies_Ears added 18:45 - Apr 6
Even Unsworth might be impressed by Waggy's corners!
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IRTractorboyz added 18:52 - Apr 6
It's a no from me Mr Gomes you sound like a championship manager gamer
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jas0999 added 18:53 - Apr 6
Unsworth has no experience and shouldn't be considered as manager. Unlikely anything in the link with the fella from Portugal.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 18:54 - Apr 6
Dont fancy this chap much, hopefully trying to up his contract at the other Saudi club he is talking with
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blueboy1981 added 18:59 - Apr 6
.......... forget it - only media hype.
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TimmyH added 19:02 - Apr 6
Up the Al-Taawoun!!!...surely a coincidence for many locals?

I think we can scrub this one of the list.
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blue75 added 19:19 - Apr 6
Be interesting to hear Joe Royle's take on Unsworth as I guess they work together at Everton. After reading the interview with Steijn I really like what I read a proper Ipswich manager!!!
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lightingblue added 19:28 - Apr 6
Tbh thinking about it, a bit of me wouldn't mind Unsworth. If reports are correct regarding his style of play, this could be the step up he needs with good contacts and plays the right way. Isn't this what people have been asking for?
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BlueandTruesince82 added 19:32 - Apr 6
Didn't Joey Barton call Unsworth a glorified OR teacher? Not that I hold much truck with what Barton says but still, quite the reaction
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BlueandTruesince82 added 19:33 - Apr 6
*PE
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theblueginger added 19:48 - Apr 6
Steijn or Unsworth would be good for me.
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Taricco_Fan added 20:08 - Apr 6
Saudi Arabia doesn't normally feature on the upward trajectory of any player or manager's career.
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Bigboyblue added 20:16 - Apr 6
Unless he comes to Town with a rich Saudi investor, pfft no.
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Town4me added 20:19 - Apr 6
I still wouldn't be disappointed with Warburton
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MedwayTractor added 20:51 - Apr 6
Jas0999 wrote:

"Unsworth has no experience and shouldn't be considered as manager."

A long time ago, Town appointed a manager who had been an England full back, then he did a bit of coaching, but, like Unsworth, when he came to us, had no prior management experience.

His name? Oh yes, Alf Ramsey.

In fact, if you consider that our three most successful managers have been Alf, Bobby Robson and George Burley, you will find that all three had minimal prior management experience.



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Blue041273 added 20:52 - Apr 6
Unsworth would be a good call. Has served a long apprenticeship with Everton. Knows the game inside out and also knows the club from a players perspective. Ticks all the boxes for me but I realise that his appointment would be a gamble but then again whose appointment would not be a gamble?
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wayway added 21:01 - Apr 6
Gomes: third rate foreign coach, will be cheap, suits Evans PLC down to the ground
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Monkey_Blue added 21:27 - Apr 6
Don't find the idea of Unsworth attractive at all. Steijn is the one that appeals
Most to me at the moment. Possibly Warburton. No interest in Shefki either.... although he did take take pablo to Finland.... if Pablo wants the job 😄
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Dissboyitfc added 21:44 - Apr 6
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dusth added 22:03 - Apr 6
Are we going to be satisfied with just anybody? This is Ipswich Towm. And Medway - sorry but, Ramsey, Robson and Burley were all hugely experienced International footballers.
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supasmiler71 added 22:09 - Apr 6
The more I read about and think about Maurice Steijn, the more I think he is just what we need. If enough of us in agreement made plenty of noise, do you think ME might listen? Who knows.
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PortmanTerrorist added 23:25 - Apr 6
yawn
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