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Celina Back for Villa Clash - Ipswich Town News

Assistant caretaker-manager Gerard Nash says Bersant Celina is over the illness which saw him miss last week’s 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest ahead of Saturday’s home game against Aston Villa.

"Bersant is fine and he’s available for selection,” said Nash, who took this week’s pre-match press conference.

"Otherwise, we’re the same as we were more or less last week, so as things stand we’ve got a similar squad."

Asked whether he enjoyed last week’s first taste of being involved in running the first time, working under caretaker-boss Bryan Klug and alongside Chris Hogg, he said: "I’m not sure enjoyment is the word I’d use but we were very pleased with the majority of the game and it was obviously a real disappointment and a kick where it hurts to lose the game.

"But there were a lot of positives and a lot of good things came out of the game and we’ll be looking to do them again for 96, 97 minutes on Saturday.”

Town remain without keeper Dean Gerken (hip), full-back Dominic Iorfa (groin), skipper Luke Chambers (dislocated shoulder, fractured rib and sternum) and fellow central defender Adam Webster (hamstring), midfielders Emyr Huws and Andre Dozzell (both knee), and Tom Adeyemi and Teddy Bishop (both hamstring), and strikers David McGoldrick (groin) and Joe Garner ((head, knee and shoulder).

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