McKenna on Burns' surgery, Palmer and Coventry
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Saturday's FA Cup game against Coventry City (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
McKenna confirmed that Wes Burns has had successful surgery for his ACL injury: "Thankfully it all went well. It's as positive as it could be."
Elsewhere, Sammie Szmodics will be back in the squad for Saturday's match. Connor Chaplin and Christian Walton are still unavailable, with the latter expected to be out for "around eight weeks".
McKenna confirmed new signing Alex Palmer will be in the squad: "We are pleased to bring him in. He is a really good and experienced keeper and is someone that has been on the radar for a while. We felt it was the right time to bring another goalkeeper in. He has fitted into the group really well."
He is satisfied with the overall business done in the transfer window: "We worked really hard in the window and it gets more difficult every year. The squad is in a stronger position than it was at the start of January and we've got pretty good depth across the positions."
McKenna is confident he can adequately cover Burns' season-ending injury: "Losing Wes [Burns] is difficult and we can't replace it like for like, so we have to replace it with different qualities. Ben [Johnson] has played there, Omari [Hutchinson] can play there and we feel like Jaden [Philogene] can bring quality there."
However, he admitted covering Chiedozie Ogbene's injury is a bit more difficult: "I made it known that I wanted to have three senior strikers in the building, but the market is small for that type of striker. We didn't want to bring a body for the sake of the body."
On Saturday's opponents: "We know them really well. They are a really strong squad and they seem to be on an upward trajectory. It's going to be a tough game, this is a few levels up [from the last FA Cup round]."
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