Ipswich poised to land Manchester United’s Kieran McKenna as manager

• McKenna has worked under Mourinho, Solskjær and Rangnick
• Martyn Pert likely to leave United to work alongside him

Ipswich are on the verge of appointing Kieran McKenna, the Manchester United first-team coach, as their manager and he could be installed in time for their match with Sunderland on Saturday.

The League One club have been looking to replace Paul Cook since his sacking on 4 December and have settled on the highly rated McKenna, a 35-year-old who was a member of United’s coaching staff under José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. He was kept on to work alongside Ralf Rangnick after Solskjær’s departure but will decamp to Portman Road after being offered the chance to take a first managerial role.

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