Burley 'made Ipswich feel like home'

Former Ipswich player and manager Jim Magilton says playing under George Burley at the club "was the most enjoyable time" of his career.

Following the announcement that Burley is currently having cancer treatment, Magilton spoke on The Score podcast, to talk about the impact Burley had on him as a footballer.

"He resurrected my career in all honesty. My career had just halted, at 29 I'd played for many years at Southampton in the Premier League and I went to Sheffield Wednesday thinking I could kick on - it never happened," Magilton recalled.

"I managed to have a conversation with George and Ipswich were second or third in the Championship and he convinced me to go down to Portman Road. Once I landed, it felt like home and he made it feel like home."

Burley was the last Ipswich manager before Kieran McKenna to lead the club to the Premier League and Magilton said he was "one of those unique players and managers" to have had an "unbelievable career".

"To achieve what he did in the way he did it, is just incredible," said Magilton.

"He made a massive difference in my career. He gave me the freedom to go and play and he never talked too much about tactics, it was more about passing and moving off the ball - he gave the players the freedom to go and do that. It was music to my ears.

"It was the most enjoyable time of my career."