Tag: McKenna

Ipswich Town: Boss Kieran McKenna says club’s Premier League future looks bleak
5 April 2025 Off

Ipswich Town: Boss Kieran McKenna says club’s Premier League future looks bleak

By Total Football News

When Ipswich won 2-1 at Wolves in December through Jack Taylor’s last-gasp header – which ended Gary O’Neil’s managerial reign at Molineux – they moved three points above Wolves.

Town were still third bottom at the time, but just a point behind Crystal Palace, while second-bottom Wolves were four adrift of safety.

Fast forward five months and defeat at Portman Road leaves them needing one of the greatest of escapes.

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‘Vast majority worship him’ – Kieran McKenna has backing at Ipswich
23 December 2024 Off

‘Vast majority worship him’ – Kieran McKenna has backing at Ipswich

By Total Football News

It is not only the fans who have been stunned by the club’s progress, but the players too.

Left-back Leif Davis joined Ipswich from Leeds in 2022 and has been integral in Town’s success.

“It’s hard to take in considering where we were two years ago,” he said. “When I came, they said, ‘We’d love to be established in the Championship in four years’.

“That seemed realistic, but getting to

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Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town manager signs new four-year deal
30 May 2024 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town manager signs new four-year deal

By Total Football News

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

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Kieran McKenna expected to stay as Ipswich Town manager
28 May 2024 Off

Kieran McKenna expected to stay as Ipswich Town manager

By Total Football News

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

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Chelsea: Kieran McKenna no longer in contention for Blues job
27 May 2024 Off

Chelsea: Kieran McKenna no longer in contention for Blues job

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna is no longer in contention to become Chelsea’s next manager.

The 38-year-old was on an early shortlist of candidates to replace Mauricio Pochettino after he left the club by mutual consent last week.

The leading remaining candidates are former Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi, Leicester’s Enzo Maresca and Brentford’s Thomas Frank.

Former Manchester United assistant manager McKenna, who led Ipswich to promotion from the Championship,

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Chelsea manager: Kieran McKenna, Enzo Maresca & Thomas Frank on shortlist
23 May 2024 Off

Chelsea manager: Kieran McKenna, Enzo Maresca & Thomas Frank on shortlist

By Total Football News

Chelsea have drawn up an early shortlist of managerial options, which includes Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna, Leicester City’s Enzo Maresca and Brentford’s Thomas Frank.

The Blues are in search of a replacement for Mauricio Pochettino after he left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday.

Contact has been made with McKenna, 38 – who won promotion from the Championship with Ipswich Town this season – but there is competition from

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Kieran McKenna: Ipswich manager likely to reject new deal
22 May 2024 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich manager likely to reject new deal

By Total Football News

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

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Kieran McKenna guides Ipswich Town back to ‘promised land’
5 May 2024 0

Kieran McKenna guides Ipswich Town back to ‘promised land’

By Total Football News

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

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Kieran McKenna: Championship manager of season says Ipswich will ‘give it everything’
15 April 2024 0

Kieran McKenna: Championship manager of season says Ipswich will ‘give it everything’

By Total Football News
Ipswich's Kieran McKenna with his Championship manager of the season award
Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna is Championship manager of the season

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

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