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Blackburn Rovers have been charged by the FA for failing to control supporters during their Championship defeat by Ipswich Town last season.
The 1-0 defeat at Ewood Park on March 29 left Rovers three points above the relegation zone and sent the Tractor Boys top of the table.
The club have until Monday to respond to the charge.
An FA statement said the Lancashire club “have been charged with misconduct
Analysis – Nick Mashiter, senior football news reporter
The new deal will make McKenna one of the best paid managers in the Premier League, just a year after he won promotion to the Championship from League One.
It also provides security for Ipswich as the compensation for him and assistant Martyn Pert will increase, having previously been around £4m.
The Tractor Boys have barely put a foot wrong, acknowledging the
Kieran McKenna is expected to sign a new deal to remain as Ipswich Town manager after guiding the club to the Premier League, reports BBC Radio Suffolk.
The 38-year-old had been on Chelsea’s shortlist of names to replace Mauricio Pochettino, and was also linked with the vacancy at Brighton.
It was understood last week that McKenna would reject a new contract at Portman Road.
But after he dropped out of
Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna is likely to reject any new deal amid interest from Chelsea and Brighton.
The 38-year-old is also believed to be under consideration by Manchester United if they decide to make a change with Erik ten Hag’s future in doubt.
McKenna – who is contracted to Ipswich until 2027 – is ambitious and is understood to be keen to take the next step in his career.
Talks
Ipswich boss McKenna hails ‘massive’ achievement
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The job that McKenna has done with the players he inherited, with the business he’s done, is utterly astonishing, gobsmacking.
Within a couple of weeks I thought, from speaking to this man, he was going to manage in the Premier League. But I did not dream it would be with Ipswich Town.
He just looked destined for the top and what I’ve seen of him these past couple of full
To avoid the problems Luton, Sheffield United and Burnley have experienced in the Premier League following promotion last season, McKenna may need to improve the squad by more than the 20% figure Mills suggested last summer.
“When you go into the best league in the world, there will be changes,” former Ipswich, Liverpool and Scotland midfielder John Wark told BBC Radio Suffolk.
Town should be in a healthier state financially
Ipswich Town soared back into the Premier League for the first time since 2002 by cruising to victory over relegated Huddersfield at an ecstatic Portman Road.
Wales international Wes Burns gave them a first-half lead, which was doubled by Omari Hutchinson early in the second with a shot from the edge of the box.
Only needing one point at kick-off to be sure of promotion, Kieran McKenna’s side were focused
Neil Warnock hopes to see Ipswich in Premier League
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Kieran McKenna says Ipswich will “give it everything” in their bid to clinch promotion after he was named Championship manager of the season.
Town are one point clear at the top of the table with three games left as they look to return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002.
Although they drew with Middlesbrough in their last
