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O'Neill: We Turned Down Bids Into the Millions
Saturday, 1st Feb 2020 14:46

General manager of football operations Lee O’Neill has revealed that the Blues turned down offers “into the millions” for players on deadline day. TWTD revealed last night that a Brighton and Hove Albion bid for Armando Dobra was rebuffed by Town.

In addition to Brighton’s move for Dobra - which we understand was an initial £350,000 - several of the Blues’ youngsters have attracted interest in recent months.

Flynn Downes is understood to be interesting Fulham and West Ham, while Sheffield United and QPR are among those who have been keeping tabs on Luke Woolfenden.

“We did receive offers from clubs for players,” O’Neill told iFollow Ipswich. “I’m not going to comment on individual players or the clubs involved other than to say there was Premier League interest.

“It would have been easy for Marcus to have sold some of our players but he is not going to be bullied into doing that by the big boys.

“There were offers, into the millions for some of our players but he turned them down because he felt they weren’t right for the club.

“The long term objective of the club and Marcus is to try and keep our best players, our best young players and continue to develop them.

“Some of the clubs at the top of our league have sold some of their best players and we have managed to hold on to ours.”

O’Neill also confirmed that Town have made moves to add to their squad: “We were at the table with some players. We wanted to bring in players that were fit and actively ready to go.

“They had to be at the level of what we have already or better. Some of the bigger clubs we were talking to want some guarantees before they let their players out or there are penalties put in place so there are a lot of factors.”


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cooper4england added 18:30 - Feb 1
10pm Evans "Just hold out for another £100,000"

12:01am Evans "Oh bullocks"
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ITFCsince73 added 19:00 - Feb 1
It's extremely lucky for the powers that be, that they can constantly get away with this.
We have no money and enquired about bringing no one in throughout January.
To save any potential backlash from this.
Just tell the mug punters we turned down many offers, for many millions.
Just tell them that and they'll be happy.
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Linkboy13 added 20:10 - Feb 1
You haven't got to be a rocket scientist to see that if you sell your best players every season and replace them with inferior quality you end up slipping down the leagues.
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Bluespeed added 20:20 - Feb 1
Easiest job in football! Lick Mr Evans boots make out he declined millions a good smokescreen for not investing, never mind let's keep the simple folk happy we will put a picture of past hero's on the pillars under the Sir Alf stand that should do it ! Bloody disgraceful!!!!!
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blues1 added 22:23 - Feb 1
My god. There really are some total idiots on here. Yes, I get ur pissed off after today's result and performance. We all are. But to slag off o'Neill when he answers a question put to him regarding bids for players is pathetic. And actually, any sensible person would say, yes it's great that we rejected bids for these players. Players all our fans have been saying we need to keep hold of and not arll. Well, weve done that, so why not give credit where it's due. Of course×÷ needed to bring a couple of players in, we all know and accept that, but that's a separate issue. And maybe ironic that in murder to do that, wed have had to sell at least one of those players. Bit of a catch 22 situation.
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 00:19 - Feb 2
ITFC if you actually listened to the interview we did go for more than one player , but they didn't come off.
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harlingblue added 04:46 - Feb 2
We can't afford to let any of our good young players go for peanuts, the best will accrue money, and that is the name of your game?
Have a great youth system, well headed by Brian Klugg, very competent U23 Managers feeding young players to a very poorly selected First Team Manager and his coaches, and our best young players will be 'cherry picked' as OUR IPSWICH TOWN side slides to oblivion?
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HARRY10 added 06:35 - Feb 2
If we don't go up then players will be off, Evans or not

If you as a player were offered the chance to step up a league (or two) and double/treble you salary why would you not ?

And it is not about 'loyalty' it is about a player's career - and all too often the agents cut.
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kingcarloss added 09:50 - Feb 2
After the garbage that was produced yesterday it's hard to see who would want any of them.
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dirtydingusmagee added 10:48 - Feb 2
ok so we can only buy players if we sell players, we turned down ''millions'' . obviously we are reluctant to part with the best players. But if the bulk of the team aren't worth a light we are going to struggle without investment, .Lambert says we need to get players in but has no money to do so But he was happy to accept a contract extension ,seems like he is only worried about his own security not success for the club.Which ever way you look at it or '' paint the picture'' under investment is the problem and is killing the club.
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dirtydingusmagee added 15:18 - Feb 2
LETS NOT FORGET Evans is going spend out a bit on the stadium, ie put some of the Town Legends on the stand supports ,Ironic that the legends were all before his time at the club.
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Michael101 added 15:28 - Feb 2
Players have to be at the level we already have. So that's why I saw him this morning at the game between the railway and the dog and duck.
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ITFCsince73 added 16:17 - Feb 2
Rest my case Bobble...you believe anything.
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ITFCsince73 added 16:27 - Feb 2
Blues1. This site is about opinions. When will you grasp that....someone's got an opinion, doesn't make them idiots.
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BlueBlood90 added 13:56 - Feb 3
Haha none of our heap of rubbish are worth millions.
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