Ipswich City’s sought-after supervisor Kieran McKenna is about to show down a contract extension at Portman Street, in response to reviews.
The 38-year-old has been linked with the vacancies at Chelsea and Brighton and probably even former membership Manchester United, ought to they half methods with Erik ten Haag.
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Regardless of overseeing a return to the Premier League after a 22-year absence, BBC Sport report McKenna will resist makes an attempt later this week by the Tractor Boys to increase his present contract – which he solely signed a yr in the past and runs till 2027.
McKenna has guided Ipswich to back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League and his inventory, together with that of his assistant Martyn Pert, has by no means been greater.
Underneath the phrases of his contract any staff desirous to appoint McKenna might want to pay a minimum of £4m in compensation.
McKenna was born in London however was raised in Northern Eire and had a promising youth profession, representing Northern Eire at under-19 and under-21 stage and spending seven years within the youth ranks at Tottenham earlier than he was compelled to retire from taking part in aged 22 as a consequence of a continual hip damage.
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Spurs gave McKenna the prospect to begin his teaching journey whereas present process a sports activities science diploma at Loughborough, and upon commencement he was employed by Tottenham as their head of Academy Efficiency Evaluation earlier than teaching youth groups as much as the under-18s.
He moved to Manchester United in 2016 and after a profitable spell in command of the under-18s was appointed together with Michael Carrick to Jose Mourinho’s teaching employees, a task he maintained below Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick earlier than leaving Outdated Trafford in December 2021 to take cost of Ipswich.
He was named LMA Supervisor of the Yr and Championship Supervisor of the Yr in London on Tuesday.
