PAUL Jewell has revealed this lunchtime that David Norris has not told him that he wants to leave Ipswich Town.

PAUL Jewell has revealed this lunchtime that David Norris has not told him that he wants to leave Ipswich Town.

Portsmouth boss Steve Cotterill insisted over the weekend that Norris had expressed an interest in joining Pompey.

But that’s news to Jewell, although the Town boss did admit that he would not stand in the way of any player wanting to leave the club.

“David Norris hasn’t told me he wants to join Portsmouth,” revealed Jewell.

“I will be sitting down later in the week with some of the players out of contract (this summer).

“I want to keep our better players here, but if people, young or old, do not want to be here, they can move on.

“But David Norris has definitely not intimated to me that he wants to leave,” added Jewell.