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Nash and Hogg to Assist Caretaker-Manager Klug, While Chambers Will Also Play Role - Ipswich Town News

Caretaker-manager Bryan Klug will be assisted by Gerard Nash and Chris Hogg during his four games in charge of the Blues, while currently injured skipper Luke Chambers will also have a role to play.

"I think this is a great opportunity, a learning opportunity for all of us, some of the senior players, I spoke them this morning, but from the academy staff I think we’ve got some really good young coaches,” Klug told iFollow Ipswich.

"I would like to think we’re not just developing players, we’re developing coaches here as well. That has been a big part of my role over the last two years.

"I’ll have Gerard Nash and Chris Hogg, who have done a great job with the U23s this year, they’ve had a fine season, and I think it would be a great opportunity for them to learn how tough it is in the Championship. So they’ll be getting just as involved as they were with the U23s.

🎥 | New #itfc caretaker manager, Bryan Klug reveals that he will have Gerard Nash and @Choggy04 alongside him in the dugout for the final four games of the season, and also says there is a role for captain Luke Chambers to play 👇 pic.twitter.com/lYl5UFjFK0– Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) April 11, 2018

"Obviously the staff that Mick had will be very important, Lids [fitness coach Andy Liddell] on the sports science side, Mally [Malcolm Webster] as the goalkeeping coach. I don’t think we need to make any changes there.

"We’ll change a few things on the training field, but overall we just want to have a situation in the next month where everybody gets something out of it.

"There’s a lot of stuff there, everybody can actually feel coming into work that it’s worth it and get out on the field and try and get some good results.”

Regarding skipper Chambers, who is out for the season having dislocated his shoulder, fractured both a rib and his sternum at Brentford on Saturday, he added: "He’s massively important and he does want to [be involved].

"That dressing room, with the players in there, my role hasn’t been very close to them and Chambo clearly knows all those players in there and knows how to get the best out of them.

"He’s obviously a good captain and he wants to get some experience, his intention is to be a coach and a manager and I’m more than happy to help him with that.”

Klug will speak to the media for the first time tomorrow lunchtime ahead of Saturday's game at Nottingham Forest, however, the club have said none of his press conferences will be streamed live on Facebook via TWTV or anywhere else.

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