Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that striker Kieffer Moore and right-back Josh Emmanuel are set to join Rotherham on loan. TWTD revealed the Millers’ interest in the duo last month.
Moore, who scored the Blues’ fourth goal in this afternoon’s 5-0 thrashing of Drogheda, was taken off towards the end but McCarthy says that was essentially as a precaution as he is close to making his move.
"Pretty much because he’s probably going to go out on loan and I don’t want him to get him injured,” he said.
Confirming that Rotherham is the club he will be joining and that Emmanuel would be joining him at the New York Stadium he added: "They are and that will probably go through.”
McCarthy says the pair need first-team football, which they’re not going to get at Portman Road:
"They both need to play games and I don’t want Josh here as a substitute coming on and playing a bit part, he needs to go and play to improve, as does Kieffer.
"Neither of them will start in front of Jordan Spence or whoever else is starting up front. I think it’s really important that they get football.
"You benefit from getting week in, week out football. I remember it myself when you start and you play. Thankfully I got in the team and I was in every week and it just improves you every week.”
He added: "[Josh is] going until the January window and we’ll see how he does. Hopefully he’s ripping it up and we want to have him back. The only way he’s going to get better is by playing.
"They’re season-long loans but there’s a break clause in them. You’ve got to put that in because if you don’t then they get stuck there if they’re not playing or if they’re ripping it up and I want them back.
"Why would I even think about not having something to bring them back. But I’ll only bring them back if I want to play them.”
McCarthy also confirmed that midfielder Kevin Bru, who wasn’t with the squad at Drogheda, can leave Portman Road: "He was injured but if he can get a club then he can move.”