Ipswich keen to keep on-loan ace Andrews

IPSWICH boss Paul Jewell is confident he has a chance of keeping on-loan Ireland international Keith Andrews at Portman Road for the second half of the season, despite interest from a string of Premier League clubs.

Andrews’s half-season spell from Blackburn is up in the first week of January and Everton, Aston Villa, Wigan, Bolton and Swansea all understood to be monitoring his situation.

Jewell says Andrews doesn’t want to return to relegation-threatened Rovers despite having 18 months left on his contract and he believes that gives Ipswich a greater chance of securing another loan or negotiating a permanent deal.