Pop star Ed Sheeran was recently asked to lend his talents to help ipswich town get a coveted player. The key recruitment took place moments before Sheeran joined Taylor Swift on stage for a concert at Wembley Stadium in August.
“In the summer we were trying to persuade a particular player to join the football club and we quickly realized he was an Ed Sheeran fan,” Ipswich chief executive Mark Ashton said at an event. of the Soccerex industry in Miami. “Ed was on a Zoom call with him at training camp, right before he went on stage with Taylor Swift. Hopefully, that was a key part of getting the player over the line.”
Ashton did not reveal the identity of the player Sheeran was helping to recruit, but did say that he “certainly has some targets.”
Sheeran performed during a leg of “The Eras Tour” on August 15 at Wembley Stadium. That was just a day before Ipswich signed Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn.
Szmodics was the top scorer of the second division championship in England while he was with Blackburn. He ended up scoring a goal in Ipswich’s 2-1 win against Tottenham earlier this month, and even posted a photo of himself with Sheeran on his Instagram account.
In August, Sheeran bought a small stake in Ipswich, whom he has supported throughout his life. Ipswich recently returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2002 season.
Sheeran has been the club’s shirt sponsor since 2021 and is regularly visible at Ipswich matches given his status as a minority owner.
