Speaking to the Ipswich Evening Star Royle said: "We have told Pablo that he is not in our plans for next season. He came back from pre-season training last summer unfit and never got fully fit. He could not do 90 minutes for us.
"We got on fine. I gave him his chance and if you look at the records George Burley very rarely played him. Any talk of me having a vendetta against Pablo is way off the mark and I wish him well in the future."
Town could now lose three strikers over the summer with Counago now gone, Darren Bent almost certainly going and Shefki Kuqi unsure over whether to sign a new deal at the club. With Tommy Miller also looking likely to join Sunderland, Town will be searching for new goalscorers for next season.
Despite Royle's comments about Counago, many Town suporters may have remembered that the Portman Road boss made comments to the contrary last July.
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