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McKenna: Everyone's Come Back Well - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Kieran McKenna says all those who have returned from international duty have done so unscathed, while Wes Burns and Brandon Williams, who had respectively suffered with injury and illness before the break, are both fine ahead of Saturday’s live-on-Sky game at West Brom.

The Blues had six senior players away on international duty during but no one suffered a knock.

"Everyone’s come back well, it seems,” McKenna said. "Elkan [Baggott]’s the only one who hasn’t returned yet.

"The rest of the boys, today was the first day we’ve had Cameron [Burgess] and Massimo [Luongo] back in, so that’s the whole group together apart from Elkan.

"It’s been really good. The players who have stayed here have trained really well, we’ve had a really good week and those that have come back have come back in good health and good spirits. We’re in a healthy position going into the games ahead.”

Burns suffered a shoulder injury while away with Wales in the previous break but made his return as a 64th-minute sub in the 3-2 home victory over Swansea in the final game prior to the domestic hiatus.

"He seems good,” McKenna said. "He came on for the 30 minutes at the end of the break, which was pretty early on but you can train but until you go into that first match action, you won’t really know how you feel, especially from a confidence level really of use of the shoulder.

"But he felt good when he came on and he’s trained well now for the last two weeks as well, so he gives us another really good option for Saturday and beyond.”

Brandon Williams missed that match as he was ill but McKenna says the on-loan Manchester United man has been fine during the break.

"Brandon’s trained well for the last two weeks,” he said. "So again gives us good depth and another really good option for Saturday and for the games coming up.”

Midfielder Lee Evans has been sidelined since the end of September with a knee injury which required surgery, but McKenna says the Welshman is moving in the right direction.

"He’s progressing well,” he added. "He’s working hard in the gym and on the bike and stuff like that.

"He’s out of his knee brace and they’re happy with how it’s progressing. Obviously he’s still got a fair way to go, but he’s moving in the right direction.”

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