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McKenna: Phillips Back in Training - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Kieran McKenna says midfielder Kalvin Phillips trained today and a decision will be made on how long the on-loan Manchester City man can play against Aston Villa on Sunday, while third-choice keeper Cieran Slicker is out for a few weeks.

Phillips missed last week’s 1-1 draw at Southampton with a minor thigh problem.

Nathan Broadhead returned to training last week after suffering a hamstring injury.

"Kalvin has trained with the group today, so we make a judgement on how many minutes he's available for and Nathan has been training well for the last week or so, so we've almost got a fully fit squad,” said McKenna, who is pleased to have all his outfield players fit.

"It's good. We were short in the summer for different reasons, but as the weeks went on, the group's coming together and getting stronger in numbers and in every other capacity.

"We have good depth at the moment and everyone's competing to be involved and also knowing that those who don't get on the pitch in any given weekend have a big part to play.”

The only player sidelined at present is keeper Slicker: "Cieran Slicker’s got little injury at the moment, so he’s going to be out for a few weeks with a hand injury.”

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