Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s former assistant Kieran McKenna is about to make it really, really big with his Ipswich team.
On Tuesday, Manchester United’s semi-final opponents in the FA Cup, Coventry City, were beaten 2-1 on foreign turf.
Thus, McKenna and Ipswich “only” need a draw in the last league round on Saturday to secure promotion to the best club in English football. Almost relegation-ready Huddersfield await at Portman Road.
KIERAN MCKENNA IMPRESSES:
– Completely unreal if we move up
United’s former assistant coach has already been named manager of the season in the Championship. Fully deserved, many will probably say, all the while Ipswich is newly promoted in the division.
– He (McKenna) has gathered people around him who are all going in the same direction. He is positive, forward-leaning and manages to put things away quickly, if something is wrong, Ole Bernt Krogstad, chairman of the Ipswich Town FC Supporters Club of Norway, previously told united.no.
The only thing that can deprive Ipswich of direct promotion to the Premier League is Leeds (3rd place) winning at home against table neighbors Southampton at the same time as Huddersfield beat Ipswich on foreign turf.
Should things go wrong for Ipswich, on paper, they will have the “easiest” path to a possible playoff final at Wembley. 3rd place meets the team that finishes sixth in a double-header, while 4th and 5th place settle for the second Wembley ticket.