This Ed Sheeran anecdote is one of the surreal stories that can only be explained through football. The British singer is a global superstar and his fan of Ipswich Town is well known. A club that plays for the first time in the Premier League after 22 years, of which he is also a shareholder and in which it now seems that he also acts as sporting director.
This was stated by Mark Ashton, director and CEO of the English team, at a Soccerex event organized by Sky Sports. The executive explained that this summer, in preparation for the first season in the elite of Saxon football after two decades, the club was “persuading” a footballer to join the team and when they found out that he was a fan of the singer they did not hesitate. in calling him. “Ed joined a Zoom call with him right before going on stage with Taylor Swift. He was a key part of the player’s decision,” says the businessman.
Sheeran, “key” in the evolution of Ipswich
Ashton joked about Sheeran’s versatility at the club: “A local man, global superstar, football club sponsor, shareholder and now officially part of our recruitment team. We have gone from the third division of English football to the Premier League, but “We haven’t forgotten our roots and Ed is a key part of that,” he says.
It is not known exactly which operation the singer helped close, but the British newspaper ‘The Sun’ speculates with two options: Liam Delap, which cost 20 million pounds, or Sammie Szmodics. The British media is based on a response from Mark Ashton in which he said that this signing “is scoring some goals.” Delap is the club’s top scorer this season with 6 goals but his signing was finalized before Sheeran’s appearance on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. Furthermore, the forward does not follow him on Instagram.
However, Sammie Szmodics, the club’s second-highest scorer, recently promoted to the Premier League, does follow Sheeran on the Meta social network. In addition, his signing was officially closed on August 16, a day before he surprised Taylor Swift fans by appearing at the American’s concert at Wembley Stadium. Another clue that suggests that the Irishman may be the player that the musician helped recruit is that after the victory against Tottenham they both took a photo in the stadium.