Ipswich agree fee for Holland

Ipswich Town chairman David Sheepshanks has blamed the economic disaster which accompanied the club‘s relegation from the Premiership for the reluctant decision to sell Matt Holland to Aston Villa.

The two clubs today agreed a fee, believed to be in the region of £4m (€6.3m), for the Republic of Ireland midfielder who is currently on international duty in Helsinki and set to play against Finland tonight.