Town striker Pablo Couñago says he is happy with the Blues, despite speculation suggesting his future may well be away from Portman Road. Couñago is Town's highest-paid player and has another year left on his contract.

The Spaniard told the club site: “The last two months have been very disappointing with the injury but overall I am very happy here at Ipswich.

“If we get into the play-offs, hopefully I can return to the team and help us win promotion back to the Premiership.

“[The fans] have been fantastic to me from the moment I came here. In Spain the fans cheer your name but when you lose or have a bad game, they stop. At Ipswich they support you all the time.”

Couñago has been linked with a return to Spain in the summer, with the Blues unlikely to refuse offers should they remain in Division One for 2004/05, particularly if the other high earners — Martijn Reuser and Marcus Bent — are still at Portman Road.

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