Jim: I Nearly Quit


By Aston
July 18 2005

Ipswich Town midfielder Jim Magilton has admitted that he nearly quit Ipswich in order to let some of the younger players at Town come though.

Jim: “This was the decision I had to make in the summer because I didn't want to stifle any of the young players.

 

“I reached an age, when I was with the national team, when I made a conscious decision that I did not want to stand in the way of any of the youngsters there and it was the same again.

 

“I thought long and hard about it during the summer but the manager convinced me that I still had something to offer. If that means me being here to help these young lads come through, then that is what I will do.

 

“I didn't want to feel as though they had had enough of me, and the manager convinced me that they have not.

 

“This season, probably more than any other, is going to be a transitional period and we need to coach these lads through.”

 

Source: EADT.

 

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