SH it fc - last one out turn off the lights..............

Town say adios to Pablo

Ipswich have told striker Pablo Counago he will not be staying at Portman Road - despite his offer to take a drastic cut in salary.

The 25-year-old Spaniard was the last of the Tractor Boys' big earners, picking up £20,000 a week from the contract he signed upon his arrival from Celta Vigo on a four-year deal in 2001.

Counago was keen to stay and knew he would have to take a hefty cut in wages, but boss Joe Royle has told him his services will not be required.

Royle said: "We have told Pablo that he is not in our plans for next season. He came back from pre-season training last summer unfit and never got fully fit. He could not do 90 minutes for us."

The Ipswich boss dismissed suggestions of a vendetta between himself and the player, adding: "We got on fine. I gave him his chance and if you look at the records George Burley very rarely played him. Any talk of me having a vendetta against Pablo is way off the mark and I wish him well in the future."

Counago made a total of 100 league appearances, 49 of them as substitute, and scored 31 goals in his four-year stint with Ipswich.

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seems sheepy's drank away all the coffers that could have kept some of the "stars" to stay!!!!

night-night ipswich!

Posted By: Cheltenham_Canary on May 31st 2005 at 15:40:17

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