Paul Jewell
Paul Jewell: Ipswich Town don’t have a fortune to spend and are not big-payers
By Dave Gooderham
Thursday, July 12, 2012
6:20 PM
PAUL Jewell believes the message that Ipswich Town cannot break the bank to land transfer targets is finally getting out there.
Marcus Evans’ millions might give the impression that the Blues are big-payers in Championship circles.
But nothing could be further from the truth according to the Town boss, who has backed that up by scouring the free agent list and spending just £150,000 on two players this season.
Jewell believes players are finally realising that they cannot demand high wages to sign on the dotted line at Portman Road, while both Carlos Edwards and Jason Scotland have accepted pay cuts as the new financial fair play rules hit home.
“I 100% think players and agents are getting the message,” said the Ipswich manager.
“There are a few players who are out of contract. Six or eight weeks ago they were getting paid by a club but now they are not and they are realising that football is like any other industry – it is struggling.
“The rest of football, financially, is in a bit of trouble and we have to be sensible about it. You look at Rangers. People say it wouldn’t happen to us, but it could do – it could happen to anyone.”
Nottingham Forest yesterday became the second Championship club this summer to sack their manager after being taken over by foreign investors, while newly-relegated Blackburn Rovers thought of nothing at shelling out £3 million for striker Leon Best.
But Jewell is content with focusing on bargain buys like Elliott Hewitt and free transfer Luke Chambers rather than risk further financial hardship at a club that tasted administration nine years ago.
Jewell said: “I wouldn’t like to comment on other clubs but I know when you come down from the Premier League you do get a £40-odd million parachute payment, so that helps.
“If a club takeover happens and someone decides to have a gamble then so be it. We don’t have fortunes to spend, there is not a plethora of money – and I don’t have a problem with that.
“If someone said to me you had £10 million to spend or £100,000, I would rather have £10 million. But at the same time, I haven’t got that, so I’m happy to work with what I’ve got.”
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16 comments
Got an answer for me yet Tom ? You seem to be quite adamant in your statement that Evans has put "serious money" in so please just answer the question - How much ?.....And we are not talking loans we're talking about putting money into the club (like the season ticket holders in your example) not lending it then taking all that money and more out of the club....
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bluearmy78
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
John, they are worth that because the market says they are. There are very few professional sportsmen who, along with their teams, can attract millions to watch them play on TV, and 50-80,000 a week to watch them live at £40-60 a ticket. Morally it's wrong, but commercially it's entirely explicable.
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Tom
Monday, July 16, 2012
Until we get promoted (or rather if), Evans does not see his investement pay-off. So in real terms, the debt owed by the club to his company is not going to be realised in the forseeable future if ever. In the meantime, he is spending his own money to subsidise the club's running costs, provide capital for players and their wages.
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Tom
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tom - You say Evans has put money into the club - Please tell me how much and where you get this figure from ? Or are you merely perpetuating the myth that this is the case ? Facts please not speculation or guess work
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bluearmy78
Saturday, July 14, 2012
No football player on earth can be worth £100,000 to £200,000 A WEEK!! The game is being manipulated by footballer's agents and is much the worse for it. Plus a lack of competent people at the top running the game. But we still have to go and watch don't we?!
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JOHN BURLS
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Tom, Evans has not lost anything......that is simply PR
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Kevin Bailey
Friday, July 13, 2012
A non-story, really. Jewell may say that agents and players are getting the message, I just hope he finally is in giving youth a proper chance. In Smith, Carson & Hyam we have players that have shown to be up to the standard of the Championship. Add in the good purchases of JET and Cresswell, and perhaps giving Wight, Hewitt and Lawrence good game time on the pitch and we may have a solid foundation for the future. I guess it will now depend on the 4-5 players we MUST bring in to solidify the squad. @ House FLy- if we get too many loanees in again we will fragment the side, reduce cohesion and end up with a dogs dinner like last year (and like countless other clubs to have done it). I'd prefer to give youth a chance instead, but if we do get a loanee in, we need season-long and only a couple, tops, imo.
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I am Spartacus
Friday, July 13, 2012
look as if we are stuck in this leauge. or lower. the play off are just a dream. so the prem is years away. the only hope is a new owner to come in. have a clear out and start over. forest now have money. and have fired the manager for a fresh start. looks like a long season.
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mike benham
Friday, July 13, 2012
So let me get this straight. We are exactly where we were before Evans turned up, although we have doubled the debt and lost 5000 crowd from every game, as well as dismantling the reserves. And still people suggest he 'saved the club' and we should be grateful. Why? Without Evans, Aviva would have accepted a settlement lower than the 20% they accepted from Evans, and someone else would have bought us. So far, the last 5 years have been a disaster, and I am still waiting for someone to explain how doubling the debt is saving the club.
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Kevin Bailey
Friday, July 13, 2012
The fact is that Evans has lost money on the club to date, he wants to try to mitigate his losses, and so the money eg from Wickham will have gone towards the club's operating cots not players. When the fans start putting their own money (not season tickets, but serious money) over several years into the club, then we can have the right to criticise others that do the same now.
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Tom
Friday, July 13, 2012
I for one would like to know what became of the millions received for Connor Wickham, surely this alone should have given decent funds for new players? We all hope that this will be a good season for us, as always hopeful, but to be honest not much has changed to inspire us! I know rich folk don't get where they are buy spending money but this is ridiculous, I do question M. E.'s commitment, seems more like Arkwright's till!!!
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Erich Wanner
Friday, July 13, 2012
why not look at loan market like every other championship club...or is that just me being stupid
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House Fly
Friday, July 13, 2012
Of course Jewell is happy to work with the funds he has got because if it all goes 'pear shaped' he can always blame the CEO or ME.
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Brian Betts
Friday, July 13, 2012
I think PJ's comments are fair enough. Why should footballer's, especially those outside the premiership, or in fact, even those at small Premiership clubs expect to get a wage equal to most working class people's yearly wage for a weeks work, if that's what you call it. Sadly now we have an even greater gulf between the have's and have not's. Those in charge of large Companies, bankers and footballers live a lifestyle that most can only aspire to. Footballers are very lucky to have a skill that someone want's and is prepare to pay vast fortunes for and as such when times are as they are why shouldn't they have to cut back like the rest of us. To them £100 is nothing, to a lot of people in the present climate it is the difference between eating or heating, not a choice footballer's who are sensible with their money should ever have to worry about.
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whymarkmariner
Friday, July 13, 2012
I think we have to except the club is being run as a championship side and that only with alot of luck will we get into the premier.
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david bennett
Friday, July 13, 2012
Why are the executive of itfc using the fair play rules as an excuse not to invest in our team when the punishment for breaking these rules does not come into force until 20142015. Our owner and CEO are pulling the wool over our eyes.
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Cyril Baker
Friday, July 13, 2012