The last few weeks have been very hectic for Kieran McKenna. On May 4, the Northern Irish coach achieved promotion to the Premier League at the head of the historic Ipswich Town and, with almost no time to digest the victory, he saw his name linked to the benches of Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United, but finally everything indicates that it will not move.
Last week, at the same time as the announcement of the march of Mauricio Pochettino of Chelsea, McKenna appeared as one of the candidates to succeed the Argentine coach, but almost at the same time this possibility was ruled out because the English press considered his signing for Brighton to be relieved. Roberto De Zerbi.
Second for Mou, Solskjaer and Rangnick at United
For its part, while deciding whether to continue or not Erik ten Haag On the Old Trafford bench, McKenna has also appeared in recent days on the list of future prospects at Manchester United, where he managed the Under 18 team between 2016 and 2018 and was assistant to Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Ragnick in the first team from 2018 to 2021.
Ultimately, according to the BBC, McKenna’s future at the 38-year-old is… at Ipswich after last week he refused to renew pending events. The young Northern Irish coach was driven by ambition to take on new challenges, but Chelsea came down with the choice Enzo Marescawho also achieved promotion to the Premier League with Leicester, and Brighton and United don’t seem to be betting on him.
McKenna arrived at Ipswich in December 2021 from Manchester United and everything indicates that he will soon extend his contract will bind you until 2025 after returning to the Premier after a 22-year absence by finishing second in the Championship behind champions Leicester.
Best coach ahead of Pep and Arteta
This is McKenna’s second successive promotion since 2023 when he lifted Ipswich from League One (third division) to the Championship. A feat that led him to be named last week’s Coaches Association coach of the year, ahead of Pep Guardiola or Mikel Arteta, champion and runner-up respectively of the Premier at the command of Manchester City and Arsenal.
Source: La Verdad
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