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Aaron Cresswell of Ipswich Town
TRANSFER NEWS: Paul Jewell discourages Aston Villa interest in Aaron Cresswell but admits ‘every player has their price’
By Stuart Watson
Thursday, July 26, 2012
6:00 AM
IPSWICH Town manager Paul Jewell has confirmed Aston Villa’s interest in defender Aaron Cresswell – and refused to rule out a sale at the right price.
Speaking after last night’s 2-0 pre-season friendly win at Cambridge United – in which Cresswell played the full 90 minutes – the Blues boss said: “I’ll tell you exactly how I see it and exactly what I’ve told Cressie.
“Chris Hutchings (Town assistant boss) spoke to Paul Lambert (Villa boss) yesterday because they are good pals and I asked him to ask about a player who used to play for a club he used to manage.
“He (Lambert) never mentioned Aaron, but I’m told that the club (Villa) have contacted us to see what Aaron’s situation is.
“The situation is this – we want to keep him at the football club, we don’t want to sell our best players, but every player – whoever that player is – has always got a price.
“We won’t encourage anyone to buy our players, but, like I say, someone could come in and makes an offer we can’t refuse.
“Until we get a bid though there’s nothing we can turn down.”
He continued: “I just find it a bit strange that Paul (Lambert) spoke to Chris (Hutchings) yesterday and Aaron wasn’t mentioned.
“There is something in it though because their chief exec has contacted our chief exec about him.
“I’ve seen that there’s been fees mentioned in the press but, as far as I’m aware, the conversation was just ‘what is the situation on Cresswell?’
“Whatever happens has to be right for us.
“We’re more interested in building a squad than selling. I’ve called Aaron into my office to explain the situation and I don’t expect anything but 100 per cent attitude from him because he’s a top class lad.”
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8 comments
Come on!!! £5m - £6m ?!! The lad may be a decent prospect but you'll be lucky to get much more than £1.5m for him. So I wouldn't start spending the money just yet!! Clueless as usual
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stephen davis
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Graham - If I had as much money as ME I would give a few million for him NOT to be the manager but as it stands I'm not - I've looked down the back of the sofa and I'm opening the bid at 47pence - very reasonable offer given the mans track record but I suspect Cyril is likely to Gazump me !!!!
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bluearmy78
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Jewell is softening up the fans for the sale of Cresswell. What will happen to the proceeds of the sale? Refer back to the Wickham transaction.
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Bertie Shrimp
Thursday, July 26, 2012
£6m would be a good deal if that money was reinvested into new players. If it gets absorbed to cover the club's operating costs, clearly that weakens the team further. This has to be one of the weakest Ipswich teams I can recall at the start of a season.
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Tom
Thursday, July 26, 2012
PJ: “We won’t encourage anyone to buy our players, ...". I hope he's encouraging someone to buy Ellington and the other flop. Wouldn't want to see Creswell go unless we get 5 million. That way we could get a pretty good replacement (e.g. George Friend) with money left over for a proven goalscoer who tend to cost £2-3mill. That's if Evans allows a Creswell fee to be reinvested.
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Ipswich'Til-I-Die
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Its all a game. Jewell keeps very quiet on purchases, but is talking about (not) selling Cresswell, unless a high bid comes in. I suspect he is touting in the press to get a higher price or other teams interested. All goes to explain the left back trialist and George Friend being touted too. If the stories are correct, I think Cressie is on the way out to better pastures.... :-(
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I am Spartacus
Thursday, July 26, 2012
How much would we get for Jewell ?
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graham garrod
Thursday, July 26, 2012
glad that the managing staff believe that every player has a price. It would be stupid to turn down £5 million + for him.
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Robert Spencer
Thursday, July 26, 2012