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Gary O’Neil: Ipswich Town appoint Strasbourg manager to replace Kieran McKenna
Ipswich Town have named former Wolves and Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil as their new manager.
The 43-year-old replaces Kieran McKenna, who stepped down from the Portman Road post earlier this month.
O’Neil has signed a three-year deal with Ipswich after leaving Strasbourg, where he has been in charge since January.
He guided the French side to eighth place in Ligue 1 last season and reached the Europa Conference League semi-finals,
Leicester City boss Gary Rowett on draw with Millwall
Leicester boss Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Sport following their 1-1 draw with Millwall.
“It was always going to be a tough evening knowing that we sealed our fate on Tuesday. There was a little bit of me wondering how we would respond and how we would perform.
“We spoke candidly about the need to be professional and the need to make sure that we did out jobs at the
Gary Rowett: Leicester City need ‘something special’ to avoid relegation
Rowett admitted he “expected more” than the one win and six draws he has overseen in his 10 games at the Foxes’ helm, and went as far as describing it as “probably the toughest” relegation rescue mission he has taken on – having previously pulled struggling sides away from trouble as Oxford United, Millwall and Birmingham City boss.
The team he is in charge of will go on to rank
Gary Rowett: Leicester City down to ‘last chance’ in Championship
Rowett certainly lived up to his reputation for straight-talking when confessing to how bad a situation Leicester are in with four games remaining.
There has been a chorus of agreement from former players, media pundits and Foxes supporters in the days since – with some of the most prominent voices pointing out that the the grim situation the club finds itself should not come as a surprise.
Since winning promotion
Gary Rowett: Leicester City boss addresses past criticism of Foxes management
Manager Gary Rowett says he has not had to clear the air with Leicester City’s hierarchy about criticism he aimed their way just weeks before his appointment.
The 51-year-old was working as a Sky Sports pundit earlier in February when he blamed “very, very poor management” on the Foxes’ fall, external from winning the Premier League title in 2016 to battling to avoid relegation to League One a decade
Gary Rowett encouraged by Leicester City’s performance at Middlesbrough
Gary Rowett has already seen enough to believe his Leicester side can avoid relegation from the Championship.
The Foxes drew 1-1 with title-chasing Middlesbrough and have drawn both their matches since Rowett’s recent arrival as boss.
Their performances this season have attracted criticism, but Rowett likes what he has seen so far.
“I can only judge them on what I see, and what I’ve seen is a group of players
Gary Rowett: New Leicester manager focused on climbing Championship table
New Leicester City head coach Gary Rowett says he won’t let the club’s off-field issues distract him from the task of keeping the team in the Championship.
Former Foxes defender Rowett, 51, was appointed on Wednesday, less than 24 hours before Leicester launched an appeal against a six-point deduction that has left them in the relegation zone.
“That’s the club’s concern, that’s out of our hands,” Rowett said.
“My remit
Leicester City: Gary Rowett set to be named new manager
Championship strugglers Leicester City are poised to name former player Gary Rowett as their new head coach.
BBC Radio Leicester report the 51-year-old, who was sacked as Oxford boss two months ago, took training on Wednesday.
Rowett now looks set to be the permanent replacement for Marti Cifuentes, who was sacked three weeks ago.
The Foxes are third from bottom in the Championship, two points adrift of safety with 14
Oxford United: Jerome Sale looks at where it went wrong for Gary Rowett
It felt like a “back me or sack me” interview that he gave to BBC Radio Oxford. Erick Thohir, the club’s owner, after consultation with his senior management team in Oxford, chose the latter.
“I’m a head coach and have been for a long time,” Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford after Saturday’s defeat by Charlton Athletic.
“The job’s really simple, if you don’t win games of football then someone either
Man Utd: Michael Carrick defends players after Gary Neville comments
By Total Football NewsCunha also mentioned the “noise” around United when he spoke to BBC Match of the Day.
Neville is a significant part of that noise, either directly or through his growing media empire.
Carrick has previously said he can shut it out.
It cannot be quite so easy though when United fans – who usually back their team through disappointment – followed up chants on Wednesday in disgust at the Brighton