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McKenna: The Biggest Game in the World This Weekend - Ipswich Town News

Blues boss Kieran McKenna says he’s “really, really looking forward to” Sunday’s visit by his old club Manchester United under their new manager Ruben Amorim, a game he believes is the biggest in the world this weekend.

Amorim officially began his job with the Red Devils at the start of the international break with the visit to Portman Road his first match in charge.

McKenna will be facing the club where he was working as a first-team coach prior to joining the Blues for the first time.

"Sunday, what a game,” McKenna enthused at last night’s Fans’ Forum "It’s one we’re really, really looking forward to, I have to say.

"Not on a personal connection because I’ve been at Man United, but as manager of Ipswich Town Football Club, to be on that stage, it’s what we’ve worked so hard for over the last couple of years.

"It’s the biggest game in world football anywhere this weekend, the biggest game in the world in the biggest sport in the world and it’s at Portman Road. It’s in Ipswich and there’s nothing that could make me more proud than that, really.

"We’re really, really looking forward to it, it’s going to be a helluva game, I think. Obviously, on the global stage, the narrative and when you’re playing Man United and they’ve got a new manager, that’s world news and that’s going to be the global version of it and so much of it is going to be built up around that.

"But for me, it’s more about Ipswich Town and our journey and the fact that we’re back in the Premier League after so many years. We’re coming off the back of a great game, a great result and now we’ve got one of the biggest football clubs in the world coming to our stadium and I think we’re going to give them a helluva a game.

"I think the atmosphere is going to be incredible, the players, as always, are going to give so much to it and I think we’re going to give them a really, really good game. I think it’s a brilliant one, I’m really looking forward to it.”

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