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Millwall head coach Alex Neil says fending off interest in attacker Femi Azeez from Ipswich Town shows the strength of their position in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
The Tractor Boys identified the 24-year-old as a key target in the January transfer window but were not able to lure him from The Den.
“I think what [message] it sends to people is the fact that we’re in
“I’ve been at Sunderland for a very long time and it was an unbelievable chapter in my life and career but I’m ready for the next chapter now,” Neil told the Ipswich club website., external
“After a lot of thought, it was clear Ipswich would be the perfect fit for that.
“The way the manager wants to play football and the way I like to play is the same,
Former Preston player and coach Neil McDonald has praised North End’s “brilliant start” to the 2024-25 Championship season.
Paul Heckingbottom’s side sit fourth in the table after nine games, having lost just once so far.
“That’s an absolutely brilliant start,” McDonald told BBC Radio Lancashire.
“You’re talking about getting the best out of the players. You’re talking about recruitment. He (Heckingbottom) has obviously recruited really, really well.
“He’s obviously playing
Alex Neil has set his sights on a sustained Millwall promotion challenge next season after agreeing a new deal at The Den.
The Lions surged up the Championship table following Neil’s arrival in December and finished in eighth place, missing out on the play-offs by just two points.
But the 44-year-old, who guided Norwich into the Premier League a decade ago and oversaw Sunderland’s League One play-off success in 2022,
Millwall’s quest to find a late-season play-off spot proved in the end to be a game too far at Turf Moor on Saturday.
In many ways this was a magnificent performance by the Lions, who gave everything to find the win they needed to make the top six.
But a second half of relentless Burnley pressure proved, in the end, to be too much for the injury-hit Londoners, who were
Millwall boss Alex Neil said he is “extremely proud” of his players for keeping their Championship play-off hopes alive.
The Lions were 13th, and six points adrift of the top six, following a 1-0 defeat by Sunderland 16 days ago.
But they have since won three games on the bounce – including a 1-0 victory over play-off rivals Middlesbrough on Saturday – to move within two points of Coventry City,
Millwall face the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light on Saturday before a run in that includes visits to Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers and promotion-chasing Burnley on the final day of the season, as well as home games against Middlesbrough and Norwich City.
Neil said he does not see talk of a late play-off tilt as a distraction but said his team understood the task of a “very hard
Millwall boss Alex Neil hopes they can now move on from goalkeeper Liam Roberts’ suspension following their come-from-behind win at Watford in the Championship.
Roberts had a three-match ban for a dangerous challenge on Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the FA Cup extended to six games during the week.
Lukas Jensen was again in goal at Vicarage Road and made some important saves as the Lions came
Plymouth Argyle will look at the structure of the club’s football operation after confirming the departure of director of football Neil Dewsnip.
The former England youth coach left the club soon after Wayne Rooney’s exit as head coach earlier this month.
Dewsnip was appointed in December 2019 and oversaw the club’s rise from League Two to the Championship under managers Ryan Lowe and Steven Schumacher.
He also led the side,
Winger Patrick Roberts says Sunderland skipper Dan Neil has grown into a real leader.
South Shields-born midfielder Neil is approaching 200 appearances for the club, despite only turning 23 last month.
He has played every minute of 24 Championship games this season, was sent off five minutes from time in another and only missed the next through suspension, back in August.
Roberts told BBC Radio Newcastle: “When I first came