IPSWICH owner Marcus Evans says Lee O’Neill will oversee “the club’s long-term strategy and principles” in his new role as General Manager of Football Operations.

PAUL LAMBERT has been appointed Ipswich Town manager and taken Stuart Taylor, Jim Henry and Matt Gill with him as assistants.

IPSWICH staff have already been told that Paul Lambert is to take over as manager, TGG understands.

IPSWICH TOWN owner Marcus Evans says the whole Academy system is nearing a “dangerous tipping point” because clubs are losing players for fees that “bear no relation” to their actual value.

FORMER Leeds and Barnsley Head of Sport Science Nathan Winder has joined Ipswich Town as fitness coach.

IPSWICH TOWN put Academy Manager Lee O’Neill in charge of a sport science team that they say will be “on a par, in terms of quality man for man" with the best Premier League sides.

IPSWICH TOWN owner Marcus Evans says his new manager will focus purely on the first team, leaving scouting, sport science and youth development to the experts who are already in position at the club.

NORWICH CITY have landed Head of Academy Recruitment Steve McGavin from arch rivals Ipswich Town.

IPSWICH Managing Director Ian Milne says he does not believe in Norwich’s new structure and prefers a manager to be in charge of all footballing matters.