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McCarthy Will Take a View on Emmanuel in Summer - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Mick McCarthy says he’ll take a view on Josh Emmanuel's future in the summer with the 20-year-old on-loan right-back currently part of a Rotherham side in terrific form.

Emmanuel joined the Millers on a season-long loan along with Kieffer Moore - who subsequently moved on to Barnsley in January - in July and after a first half of the campaign in which he suffered one or two injuries has been a regular fixture in Paul Warne's side more recently.

The South Yorkshiremen, who are fourth in League One, are currently on a run of seven successive wins with Emmanuel, who in total has made 24 starts, having played every game in that streak.

"Great, fantastic for him,” McCarthy said. "There are a lot of people who have watched him and we’ll take the view on him as to whether he’s going to come back and play.

"If he’s not going to come back and play, then he might have to stay out again or do something else. He’s got to come and get back in the team. But he’s done well, he’s had a good season.”

Town may well have a vacancy for a right-back in the summer with Dominic Iorfa, who has vied with Jordan Spence for the role this season, on loan from Wolves.

"I’m going to do what all the managers do to me,” McCarthy added. "‘We’ll bring him back, we’ll have a look at him, bring him into pre-season and then we’ll gauge from there’. That’s exactly what we’ll do.”

Londoner Emmanuel is contracted to the Blues until the summer of 2019 with the club having an option to keep him for a further year.

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