Why Ipswich may have to wait before making any new signings

Ipswich have already made a few additions to their squad since the end of the 12/13 season, but the club may well have to wait a while before making any more.

It is strongly rumored that financial fair play rules are preventing the club from making any more additions as new signings would stretch the current wage bill past what is allowed based on The Tractor Boys revenue.

This news is surprising as the current Ipswich squad is not overly big and they do not have any particularly great players. However, it is thought that both Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Micheal Chopra are on large contracts that are holding the club back in the transfer market.

When the two players were first signed by the club they had good reputations and looked as though they would be solid purchases for a Championship side. I think the club were desperate for players at the time and had more money than sense, which allowed players to negotiate good contracts for themselves at the clubs expense.

Although neither player will be considered a success at the club, JET is not causing the club as many problems as Chopra. The former Arsenal youngster isn’t paid as much as Chopra and it will be much easier to offload JET onto another club.

JET would be a useful signing for a lot of Championship sides and would only have to take a minor pay cut in order to move on.

The former Cardiff man on the other hand will struggle to find a club willing to take him. Chopra has been poor as a player and as a professional of late so I can’t see many teams that would be happy to pay anything close to what he is on at Ipswich. He has been linked with a few foreign clubs but a move abroad is unlikely as it would prevent him from visiting his young son that lives with his ex-wife.

It is an unfortunate situation for Mick McCarthy as he has inherited a squad weighed down by decisions that were made long before he arrived. Signing Chopra was a huge mistake, giving him a highly paid and lengthy contract was an even bigger one.

When Ipswich made the signing, either nobody thought about the possibility of Chopra failing as a player or they were so desperate that they decided to take a huge risk that didn’t pay off.

Regardless, that doesn’t change the current situation. Ipswich need to somehow find a club that has a lot more money than sense to sign their dead weight before they can make any decent moves themselves. It will be a frustrating time for the fans but they will have to hope that McCarthy make it work even if nobody does sign Chopra.

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