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Even though everyone associated with Ipswich Town would have been ecstatic to have secured promotion to the Premier League, there would have been some residual uncertainty on who would be retained or traded for better opportunities once the excitement had subsided.
In order to assemble the strongest team capable of withstanding the pressures of playing in the top division, Kieran McKenna and company will now try to eliminate some of the deadwood still in place at Portman Road. A cohesive and resilient group is required to overcome the odds.
Because Dominic Ball’s contract expires next month and his fringe status in Suffolk isn’t quite indicative of his high salary relative to other important first-team players, he could be lost this off-season. The tenure of Dominic Ball at Ipswich The 28-year-old, who transferred from Queens Park Rangers to Ipswich when McKenna’s team was still in League One, has proven to be a reliable utility player in the camp during the course of two seasons when called upon.
With just ten second-tier games played this past season, Ball—who can play in defensive midfield or across a back four—has managed to accrue 35 appearances for the now Premier League Tractor Boys.
Only one of these games would see the former Spurs youth product start for McKenna’s promotion-chasing Ipswich club, and his spot in the squad is now quite precarious having rising automatically.
It appears likely that Ball will leave in June, sending McKenna packing with the underperforming players in his squad. This is especially true given that the adaptable 28-year-old has been earning more money than Wes Burns and Massimo Luongo, despite the latter two being regular first-team players under the former Manchester United manager.
Luke, Walden, Luongo, and Ipswich Town The salary of Dominic Ball at Ipswich Despite spending most of his team’s promotion-winning campaign on the bench at Portman Road, Ball earns an extravagant £6.1k, according to Capology. Burns and Luongo, who both get £5k less a week than Ball, must be furious at this because, despite their contributions to McKenna’s team’s successful Premier League debut this season, they have combined for 82 games across all competitions.
On the last day, the vital Tractor Boys number seven would score Ipswich’s first goal to allay early fears and secure that vital three points to advance. With that goal, he concluded the season with six strikes.
Despite earning a lower wage than Ball, Luongo, who was also a young player on the books at Tottenham before Ipswich called, has been a reliable presence in the middle of the park; the 31-year-old has only missed three league games this season.
Looking at the above table, Ball’s excessive pay package doesn’t quite put him in the top five earners on the wage bill, but Ipswich will make it a top priority to release the reserve figure so they can more fairly redistribute salaries and reward hardworking employees like Burns and Luongo with raises.
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