Ipswich Town manager Paul Lambert has confirmed he will stay manager of the club next season even if they are relegated to League One, report the East Anglian Daily Times.

Lambert signed a three-year deal at Portman Road at the end of October, but there were doubts as to whether or not that included a release clause in the event the club were relegated.

"Imagine what this place would be like if the team was winning games every week," Lambert said.

"I’m fully committed to this job. I don’t know any other way. This is a fantastic football club. It’s just lost its way a bit.

"I want to see this job through, help turn the club around."

The Tractor Boys currently sit rock-bottom of the Championship table, four points behind second-bottom Bolton Wanderers and seven from safety.

Lambert took over as manager of the East Anglian side after summer appointment Paul Hurst was sacked having won just once in his opening 14 matches for the club.

The former Aston Villa and Stoke City boss has not fared much better, winning twice in 13, but an impressive win against Rotherham United last weekend has given hope of a revival.

The verdict 

This will be a boost to the club in the grand scheme of things.

Lambert is comfortably a Championship standard manager so would obviously be a big boost in League One.

I am not sure the fans will be too delighted to see their manager and owner already talking about life in the third-tier just yet, however.