McKenna on Philogene interest, Delap and Ipswich resilience
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Fulham (kick-off 14:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
McKenna confirmed Conor Chaplin has picked up a "knock" to his knee and will be out for "a couple of weeks".
He also confirmed they have other players that will need to be assessed as they are "touch and go" and the side need "everyone to be in the best condition possible" for an "intense" game.
On if there is a possibility of bringing Jaden Philogene to the club this transfer window: "My focus is on the players that we have here. We're still working really hard with the players that we have, the players that we've had for a long time and the players that joined us in the summer. That's where my focus is."
He added: "Of course we're trying to add to the squad in this window, as every team is. We want to make the squad better, not just for the second half of the season but for the long term, so we're going to look to do that in the best way possible."
On if they need to bring in a striker to support Liam Delap: "It's an area [up front] we need to add to. It's an area we wanted to add to in the summer window. Earlier in the summer, we made some good additions but we still would have liked to have added maybe one or two more pieces in forward areas."
McKenna continued: "Of course, over the first 19 games, George Hirst missed maybe 11 or 12 of them. That's a big loss and it's put a big burden on Liam Delap as a really young striker. Thankfully he's handled that burden well but we still want to add in different areas of the pitch and we want to add more goals in the forward area if possible."
Asked if 2024 was his best year in football, the Ipswich boss said he has had "a few good ones lately": "Every year is a privilege to be involved in football at any level."
On if he has seen his team's resilience grow this season: "I've seen it pretty consistently to be honest. Every time we have had a setback over the past three years, I have generally been happy with the response. We knew the setbacks were going to be a little more frequent this year or a little bit different. But generally we have shown that [resilience]."
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