I was at Ed Sheeran’s 7am promotion party where we swapped tales of Ipswich hero who called Roy Keane a coward

Ed Sheeran and Alex Jacques are both famous for their words, so it’s safe to say they found the right ones to describe Pablo Counago. The music superstar and F1 commentator bonded over their shared love of Ipswich Town during an unlikely crossover in Miami last year. Sheeran toasted Ipswich Town’s promotion alongside Jacques (right)X Sheeran is a minority stakeholder in the club and also sponsors the kit, with his symbols on the front of their shirts since 2021. The 34-year-old was a guest of Ferrari at last year’s Miami Grand Prix, with Ipswich sealing Premier League promotion that weekend. Sheeran invited F1 voice Jacques and his colleagues to a 7am watch party in a Florida hotel, as the Tractor Boys beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 on the final day of the 2023/24 Championship season to end their 22-year wait to return to the top-flight. Popstar Sheeran went viral in the celebrations after Facetiming Kieran McKenna‘s squad in videos that were posted on social media. But the four-time Grammy Award winner still has a close connection to former Ipswich stars, including one from the 2000s. During an exclusive interview with talkSPORT.com ahead of the release of EA SPORTS F1 25, Jacques said: “I talked about Pablo Counago with Ed Sheeran and that was…” “I felt like my brain was shearing in half,” Jacques joked. “That’s what you get with commentators – Nonsense like that! “No, but I don’t know how that happened. I don’t know how I watched Ipswich get promoted with Ed Sheeran. “But yeah, we were talking about favourite players and that’s one for all the town fans out there. Pablo Counago. Loved him.” Spaniard Counago, who played nearly 250 games for Ipswich during two separate spells, remains a cult hero at Portman Road. Sheeran’s F1 crossover saw him share his love of Counago One figure that the 45-year-old is less fondly remembered by is Roy Keane, who was in charge of the Blues between 2009 and 2011. The former Manchester United midfielder claimed Counago was ‘dead lazy’ during their time together in his 2014 autobiography. Keane said ex-forward Counago was “a player I didn’t particularly like or get on with” and added “I nearly physically attacked him”. For his part, the Ipswich fan favourite hit back to describe Keane as a ‘mess as a football manager’ and a ‘coward’. That latter insult is the furthest thing fans could throw at the men Jacques oversees from the F1 commentary box. The 36-year-old spent 10 seasons on microphone duty for Formula 2 and 3, leaving at the end of last year to focus on motorsport’s elite. Jacques has already covered several standout moments in F1, but has the perfect way in which his journey could be mirrored on track. The Ipswich cult hero had been heavily criticised in Roy Keane’s bookGetty He told talkSPORT: “I’ve never so far been able to commentate on a Formula 2 driver who’s gone on to win the Formula 1 World Championship. “So I’ve been very fortunate to hold the mic for Formula 1 for a number of years now, but it’s either been Lewis Hamilton winning the title or Max Verstappen winning the title. “So it would be nice to see one of the F2 grads go through and take the F1 crown. “But it could be any of the drivers I’ve been lucky enough to commentate with. It doesn’t have to be a specific one. You’ve got to stay unbiased in this game.” EA SPORTS is launching their new F1 25 game, with the Iconic Edition releasing on May 27th and Standard Edition launching May 30th

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I was at Ed Sheeran’s 7am promotion party where we swapped tales of Ipswich hero who called Roy Keane a coward

Ed Sheeran and Alex Jacques are both famous for their words, so it’s safe to say they found the right ones to describe Pablo Counago.

The music superstar and F1 commentator bonded over their shared love of Ipswich Town during an unlikely crossover in Miami last year.

Sheeran toasted Ipswich Town’s promotion alongside Jacques (right)

Sheeran is a minority stakeholder in the club and also sponsors the kit, with his symbols on the front of their shirts since 2021.

The 34-year-old was a guest of Ferrari at last year’s Miami Grand Prix, with Ipswich sealing Premier League promotion that weekend.

Sheeran invited F1 voice Jacques and his colleagues to a 7am watch party in a Florida hotel, as the Tractor Boys beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 on the final day of the 2023/24 Championship season to end their 22-year wait to return to the top-flight.

Popstar Sheeran went viral in the celebrations after Facetiming Kieran McKenna‘s squad in videos that were posted on social media.

But the four-time Grammy Award winner still has a close connection to former Ipswich stars, including one from the 2000s.

During an exclusive interview with talkSPORT.com ahead of the release of EA SPORTS F1 25, Jacques said: “I talked about Pablo Counago with Ed Sheeran and that was…”

“I felt like my brain was shearing in half,” Jacques joked. “That’s what you get with commentators – Nonsense like that!

“No, but I don’t know how that happened. I don’t know how I watched Ipswich get promoted with Ed Sheeran.

“But yeah, we were talking about favourite players and that’s one for all the town fans out there. Pablo Counago. Loved him.”

Spaniard Counago, who played nearly 250 games for Ipswich during two separate spells, remains a cult hero at Portman Road.

Sheeran’s F1 crossover saw him share his love of Counago

One figure that the 45-year-old is less fondly remembered by is Roy Keane, who was in charge of the Blues between 2009 and 2011.

The former Manchester United midfielder claimed Counago was ‘dead lazy’ during their time together in his 2014 autobiography.

Keane said ex-forward Counago was “a player I didn’t particularly like or get on with” and added “I nearly physically attacked him”.

For his part, the Ipswich fan favourite hit back to describe Keane as a ‘mess as a football manager’ and a ‘coward’.

That latter insult is the furthest thing fans could throw at the men Jacques oversees from the F1 commentary box.

The 36-year-old spent 10 seasons on microphone duty for Formula 2 and 3, leaving at the end of last year to focus on motorsport’s elite.

Jacques has already covered several standout moments in F1, but has the perfect way in which his journey could be mirrored on track.

The Ipswich cult hero had been heavily criticised in Roy Keane’s book

He told talkSPORT: “I’ve never so far been able to commentate on a Formula 2 driver who’s gone on to win the Formula 1 World Championship.

“So I’ve been very fortunate to hold the mic for Formula 1 for a number of years now, but it’s either been Lewis Hamilton winning the title or Max Verstappen winning the title.

“So it would be nice to see one of the F2 grads go through and take the F1 crown.

“But it could be any of the drivers I’ve been lucky enough to commentate with. It doesn’t have to be a specific one. You’ve got to stay unbiased in this game.”

EA SPORTS is launching their new F1 25 game, with the Iconic Edition releasing on May 27th and Standard Edition launching May 30th