Holland no regrets over Villa snub

The 28-year-old captain snubbed a move to Premiership outfit Aston Villa in August, despite a £4 million fee being agreed by the East Anglian club, desperate to ease their debt.

Speaking to the Evening Star, Holland said:

"Even after what has happened at this club, I feel that I made the right decision. It was a decision I made for family reasons and for myself. It was no disrespect to a great club like Aston Villa.

"Since then quite a bit has happened at Portman Road with us not justifying our close season favouritism for an automatic return to The Premiership and the administration situation.

"But, as a group of players, we just have to put the off-the-field worries to the back of our minds and get on with the job in hand. I still want to play Premiership football for this club again and feel that can still happen."

Ipswich currently trail Wolves by five points in the race for the final play-off spot, and the Republic Of Ireland captain has set a target of winning seven of the remaining nine games in order to achieve this.

Winning promotion via the play-offs would go a long way towards vindicating Holland's decision to remain an Ipswich player.