Town owner Marcus Evans will clarify manager Mick McCarthy’s future "well in advance" of the Monday 30th April early bird deadline for purchasing season tickets, the club has revealed.

Earlier today, the Blues confirmed that the price of 2018/19 season tickets purchased prior to the deadline have been reduced by 10 per cent but many fans have made it clear they won’t make up their minds whether to renew until they know whether McCarthy, whose contract is up at the end of the season, will be staying in charge or there will be a change at the Portman Road helm. After the deadline prices increase significantly.

The club subsequently released a tweet indicating that news will come before the deadline date.

Town owner Marcus Evans has confirmed that Mick McCarthy's future will be clarified to supporters well in advance of the Early Bird deadline on season tickets (April 30th)#itfc pic.twitter.com/I47mIb7njE– Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) March 26, 2018

The club later added further thoughts from Evans on the situation from a letter which will go out to season ticket holders.

“As I’m sure you are aware, Mick’s contract is up at the end of the season and I’m fully aware that there will be supporters who will be waiting to see how that situation develops," the Blues owner writes.

“I continue to have a very good relationship with Mick. We talk regularly and we will sit down and discuss the best way forward for this football club in the next few weeks. And that is the sole concern for me - what is best for Ipswich Town.

“Supporters will know the result of that conversation in due course but it will be made public well in advance of the early bird deadline.”

Looking at the club’s position more widely, Evans added: “Although the league is a different prospect now from when I first invested in the club more than 10 years ago, I remain as determined as ever to see Ipswich Town back in the Premier League.

“In the next few weeks I will be outlining my thoughts in detail on how we can best go about achieving that in an interview which all supporters will have access to.”

That interview is expected to be the first time Evans has spoken on camera since taking over at Portman Road just over a decade ago.

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bluesfan_whatever added 10:04 - Mar 27 Whatever happens there will be a group of so called fans who will be destructively critical of whoever takes over ,whoever joins the club and however owns it Individual who are so obsessed with their own opinions that they have lost any sense of reality Would they put large sums of their money into the club.? Would they be able to manage ant better / The only thing they are good at is being critical ,in some cases virtually abusive and apparently most of the time down right depressed How sad they are if that's how they see life

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delias_cheesy_flaps added 10:34 - Mar 27 @ Van_Blue GOOD CALL Ref: Maurice Steijn article: He sounds like the type of manager we need, let the opposition worry about us, used to working on a restrictive budget.
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toxtethblue added 11:22 - Mar 27 Hi bluesfanwhatever. Yeah everything's tickety boo right? How dare fans call for change after 16 YEARS of championship obsurity. 25k to 13k?! The club's dying a death. Keep clappng and whatever you do stay happy.
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TR11BLU added 12:01 - Mar 27 @Mickszzztactics You missed: - Is Evans the one who year after year treated the cup competitions with utter contempt and therefore denying potential 'big' cup games, indeed a fourth round FA Cup tie to ANY team, to the long suffering fans??? No Evans is not!!!
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cunning_stunt added 13:19 - Mar 27 If the club changed the manager they wouldn't need to drop prices to sell season tickets. I fear that this is a sign that McCarthy will be here next season.
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Seasider added 14:29 - Mar 27 Van Blue .Like Delia etc have also read the interview with Maurice Stejin,and it makes very good reading.He believes in youth,good attitude blokes,concentrating on how you play,and letting the opposition worry about you. Also operating on a small budget,and keen to try his luck abroad. Think he would make an ideal fit as Manager of Ipswich Town,perhaps Arnold, Frans ,Martyn and Romeo,could put in a good word.Lets hope Marcus agrees and has read the article.He would be much better than that other Dutchman, Steve whats his name lol.

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Seasider added 14:36 - Mar 27 Oh,and Robin Van Persie,who is a friend of Maurice will be leaving Turkish club in summer by all accounts,and we need a big centre forward although I know he is 34.Just saying
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Chaz26 added 15:09 - Mar 27 My reading is that Mick McCarthy will stay hence the phrase "..... what is best for Ipswich Town". Irrespective of what some fans or the local press think. ME believes he knows best and I will be surprised if MM leaves having read this piece.
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happybeingblue added 17:44 - Mar 27 so what is the point of an early bird deadline in a half full stadium,how about they scrap this nonsense and just actually reduce the bloomin prices end of, it will not make a jot of difference as there will be no investment from the owners anyway
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FromIpswichToPhoenix added 18:16 - Mar 27 Good. Evans should finally show his face. This "pay no attention to man behind the curtain" schtick is old. We need to see faces. If he gives a crap about this club, he needs to bridge the divide with the fans. Show up or sell up.
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karls_dad added 19:37 - Mar 27 Van Blue, thats our Dutchman!! i have always said that its what we need, i have watched alot of Dutch football in the last few years, and its exciting clever, footy, i would love this guy in at town!! VVV Venlo manager Maurice Steijn
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Berts_chin added 21:05 - Mar 27 I would prefer a manager from the lower English leagues. Paul Tisdale tops my wish list.
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Edmundo added 21:26 - Mar 27 Really good interview on Evening Look East: watch from approx 11m50s in.
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Edmundo added 21:28 - Mar 27 Milne gets grilled: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09x06dl/look-east-evening-news-27032018
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heathen66 added 22:25 - Mar 27 Edmindo I did see the Look East interview with Milne and was absolutely astounded to hear him say the reason why we had not played such entertaining football was that teams seem to have set up to stop us playing, My mistake Mr Milne...and there is me thinking playing 5 defenders and 3 holding midfielders was a major contributor...silly me !!!
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RoyalAscotBlue added 09:32 - Mar 28 Obviously I don't watch Look East living down here so it's interesting to see that interview with Mr Milne... what a pathetic individual. He obviously doesn't know the first thing about football and I cannot understand what on earth he is doing as the MD of our club? bluesfan_whatever, is your first name Ian?
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1RWR added 11:39 - Mar 28 Bluesfan_whatever: "who are so obsessed with their own opinions that they have lost any sense of reality" The "reality" dear boy is.................do you know what, if you don't already know, I can't be bothered to tell you as it's so blatant!
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