Alladyce Refuses Jensen Offer Thu 13th Jul 2000 12:50
Bolton manager Sam Alladyce has refused Town's £3.5 million offer for Claus Jensen. Town's offer was apparently not enough to tempt Town's play-off semi opponents to part with a player that some regard as integral to their team. With George Burley away on holiday it may be a few more days before we see any further bid from Town. |
Town Jensen Interceptors Thu 13th Jul 2000 10:51
Reports today are indicating that Town could be about to smash their transfer record with a £3.5 million bid for Bolton midfielder Claus Jensen. The Danish U21 international is rumoured to have been admired by George Burley for some while and may well be one of the players the Town manager said he had tabled a bid for last week. The player joined Wanderers from Lyngby in August 1998 after a previous spell with Naestved. He has scored 8 goals in 86 League appearences for Bolton and is 5'10". Town chairman David Sheepshanks refused to rule Jensen out of the running: "It is well known that we are looking to secure further signings and that we have made substantial bids. It would be extremely unwise of me to identify those in whom we are interested." The Town chairman continued adding: "We don't discuss speculations about any player under contract to another club." Sheepshaks was happy to quash yesterday's story suggesting a move for Newcastle midfielder Stephen Glass, so it see! |
Glass Story Denied Wed 12th Jul 2000 12:53
Town chairman David Sheepshanks today denied any interest from Town in Newcastle winger Stephen Glass. Sheepshanks denied speculation of interest in the Scotsman and so the identities of the two international Town targets mentioned by George Burley last week still remain a mystery. The Town chairman also hinted that even though George Burley is away on holiday at the moment Town fans should not rule out some movement on transfers in the next few days. He also suggested that there had been no new moves on the Richard Wright situation. |
Agent Denies New Wright Discussions Tue 11th Jul 2000 14:00
Richard Wright's agent, the ever popular Jonathan Barnett, has said that he doubts there will be any new discussions between his client and Town. The agent said: "I don't think there will be any more contact with Ipswich in the foreseeable future. Richard just wants to get on with playing his football for Ipswich and helping them stay in the Premiership". With no club coming in for Wright and no new contract signed Town will have to tread very cautiously in order to get as much as possible for Wright from any transfer. Sticking him in the reserves would reduce any fee as would ostracising Wright in any other way. If, as Barnett says, Wright doesn't sign a new deal, Town must face letting their star keeper go for less than his value either sooner or later. |
Bolton Players Rapped on Knuckles Mon 10th Jul 2000 21:33
Bolton Wanderers players and manager have been hit with surprisingly minimal fines after their ill-disciplined display against Town in the play-off semi-final second leg in May. The club itself has been fined £25,000 with the individuals involved also fined: Paul Warhurst a £2,500 fine, Gudni Bergsson £1,500. Paul Ritchie and Michael Johanson were fined £750 each. |
Stockwell Trains with Colchester Mon 10th Jul 2000 13:39
Former Town stalwart Mick Stockwell is training with Colchester while he weighs up where he should continue his distinguished career. Colchester manager Steve Whitton has made Stockwell an offer, but the 35-year-old is going to consider this as well as other options over the next few days. Stockwell said: "I have to keep all my options open at this stage. I won't be closing any doors, and Colchester are a club in the shake-up. I'll be training at Layer Road this week. It will be a chance to regain my fitness after the break. Nothing is done and dusted yet. We’ll have to see how things work out." There will be quite a few familiar faces for Mick as Colchester these days is basically an Ipswich veterans team. |
Two Dutchmen for Town Sat 08th Jul 2000 19:13
Town have signed two Dutch teenagers from from Ajax. Guillermo Graaven and Nabil Abidallah are both eighteen and are schoolboy internationals. Manager George Burley said of the two: "I feel, given time to develop, they could play an important part at the club abd progress into first-team regulars" The two players have signed two-year professional deals. |
Branagan Deal Confirmed Fri 07th Jul 2000 13:21
The deal making Keith Branagan a Town player for the next two years has been confirmed. The goalkeeper agreed the contract verbally early last month, but formally signed yesterday. Branagan could well be a very important member of the squad this season if Richard Wright moves on. |
Two Internationals for Town Thu 06th Jul 2000 13:48
Town manager George Burley has revealed that he currently has two bids tabled with Premiership clubs for full international players. The Town manager said: "The two clubs concerned have received substantial offers from us for these two players. We are waiting to hear back and, if there is no joy, then there are all sorts of other possibilities that we can go into elsewhere. But I can confirm that the bids are in. It’s possible that both may be accepted, you never know. We want to add more players of quality and we feel that these players fit that bill." One of these is thought to be Coventry's Gary Breen, although the Sky Blues certainly are after a lot more than the £2 million that Town see as the player's value. |
Pre-Season Training Starts Today Thu 06th Jul 2000 11:44
Town's players are back in training today after a rather short summer and begin their endeavours with a swift jog round Chantry Park. Some players, including David Johnson and Fabian Wilnis, have already started to get themselves into shape, but the rest with the exception of Richard Wright and Matt Holland (both are let off due to their international appearences over the summer). Richard Naylor will also be missing from training as he is still recuperating from his tendinitis operations. He can now bend both knees and is hopeful that he will be in contention for the start of the season at White Hart Lane. |
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