Town manager Roy Keane says this week’s axing of long-serving coach Bryan Klug was part of an ongoing process of change at Portman Road. Klug, who was contracted to the club until the end of the season, had been coaching the Blues at one level or another since 1987, having been a youth player and reserve team captain in the early eighties.
Keane says he made the decision to curtail 49-year-old Klug’s time at the club in the wake of other people joining the coaching staff: "He’s done very well at the club, he’s been a very good servant, but I’ve been in the job now five or six months and I’ve decided make a few changes. Charlie [Ian McParland] came in, Antonio Gomez and Tony Loughlan came in. I just decided to make that change.
"He’s a very, very good coach, he’s got vast experience, he’s worked at different levels at the club — the first team, the academy, the reserves — and we wish him well.”
The Blues boss says he is constantly looking at areas where Town can be improved: "I said a few months ago that every day of the week I’m sussing out the club and weighing everybody up and hopefully that will continue as long as I’m at the club.
"You’re never 100% happy, you’re always looking for improvement from the first team, the medical staff, the scouting or wherever, and we’ll make changes if we feel they need changes.”