McKenna on team news, Ipswich future and Delap

11 April 2025

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Chelsea (kick-off 14:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

McKenna confirmed that his squad sustained "one or two knocks" from the loss to Wolves last week. Ben Godfrey is back training with the group but none of the club's long-term absentees are back yet.
On his future: "I'm happy here. It felt the right thing to stay last summer and I wanted to take on the challenge of this Premier League season. This club has a fantastically bright future. Irrespective of a probable backwards step, there is potential to make big strides. I'm excited and proud to lead that."
McKenna praised striker Liam Delap as he has done "fantastically well" for the club this season and believes there are "very few like him in world football". He reiterated that Delap is very happy at Ipswich and has missed training this week with a knock.
McKenna said training has been good and that "good conversations" were had between his staff and the players. He added that "motivation is really high" and they are trying to control what they can control.

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