Town boss Mick McCarthy says he’ll make a decision on his future in the summer with his Blues contract up at the end of the season. McCarthy signed a two-and-a-half-year deal in January 2016, which also included an option for the club to keep him for a further two campaigns.

Next Wednesday is the fifth anniversary of the 58-year-old taking over at Town. Asked whether he sees that as an achievement, he reflected: “I would say in this day and age it’s a good achievement to be anywhere more than 12 months, bearing in mind the managers that get the sack.

“I won’t be looking upon it [in any particular way], I’d like to be looking upon it that we’ve won a couple of games between now and my fifth year anniversary. Just another milestone.

“I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, some more than others, I might add, but nevertheless I still come in here full of enthusiasm and vim and vigour to do my job on a Monday morning, whatever it is, whether win, lose or draw.

“And I still come in here and do it exactly the same as I’ve done it for five years with you guys [the media] as well. How much longer it goes on, we’ll see.”

He says he’s not yet talked with owner Marcus Evans about his situation come the summer: “I’ve not sat down [with him], I don’t look beyond it. It’s not my intention to be looking beyond it or even worry about it, or to be here next year. I’ll finish my contract and I’ll see what happens.”

Asked to clarify what he meant, he added: “I’m not assuming there’ll be an offer and I hope anybody’s not assuming that if I’m offered anything then I’m actually going to accept it and stay because that’ll be dealt with, but I’m not assuming anything.

“It’s my decision, nobody can sit me down and make me sign something whether I wanted to or not. It’s my decision, my contract will be up in May and I’ll decide what I want to do.

“It’ll be my decision what I want to do, I’ll have been here just the guts of six years [by then], if I get to the end of May, of course. And I’ll decide what I want to do. Isn’t that a nice position to be in?”

McCarthy has enjoyed a good working relationship with Evans with the pair remaining similarly grounded regardless of Town’s position.

“He’s very consistent because I hear exactly the same and exactly the same amount if we’re top of the league or bottom of the league and he always has a very consistent demeanour, which is why we’ve had a really good working relationship over the last five years,” McCarthy said.

“I guess there are not many owners who have been fortunate enough to have a manager who has spent £3 million over five years [on fees] and taken £14 million, by my reckoning with Murphy, Mings and Cressy, although I didn’t sign him, but I still sold him, and still maintained promotion pushes and stayed in the league and not had to sack three, four, five managers in the meantime and had to pay them off.

“So maybe we’ve both been fortunate. Me to have a guy that’s trusted me and let me do it and for him to have somebody that when you do trust them he can do it.”

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BlueBlood90 added 15:14 - Oct 26 Why wait?
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ClausThomsen added 15:21 - Oct 26 Doesn't mind blowing his own trumpet this lad
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itfchorry added 15:21 - Oct 26 Yawn - Please leave
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howdonblue added 15:23 - Oct 26 Yes why wait go Mick ! Anyone defending him and Evans you must be nuts ! Club is in utter garbage place at this time never felt so sad to be a town fan in 43 years supporting this great club . Rip the once mighty Ipswich Town
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Fuzzydoodle added 15:23 - Oct 26 Well that's really helpful if your a player isn't it, players need stability. With so many in the last year of their contract how is this going to help matters going forward? Evans, how the hell you've made millions I'll never know, your management of this club has been a joke.
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MonkeysChuff added 15:25 - Oct 26 The arrogance of the man will never change. Anyone would think he plays an exciting attacking style of football, which sees us sitting at the top of table. Just go now
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howdonblue added 15:26 - Oct 26 Agree totally Fuzzydoodle! Rescuing the club aside he has not exactly set Ipswich Towns world alight since he took over the club !
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SheptonMalletBlue added 15:27 - Oct 26 Just get your coat and go!!!
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Taricco_Fan added 15:29 - Oct 26 Read: Evans is too tight to pay the remainder of my contract and let me go now.
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SE1blue added 15:37 - Oct 26 People will get wound up by the content of this article but realistically what else is MM going to say in this situation? "It's a fair cop! I've not really taken the club any further forward but managed the budgets well. The football isn't easy on the eye and most people see my tactics as outdated, so I'll be off in the summer and the players can stop giving a toss now." Of course not. I'm not a huge fan of his now. I feel like we've become like NASA and their space explorations. Like NASA, whi had a chance to shoot for Mars but settled with creating the space shuttle, we constantly go for the safest option and the dullest. Nothing has really happened since the moon landings in 1969. And nothing really has happened at PR since the eighties. MM is just part of that wheel that keeps turning.

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Juanforthemoney added 15:37 - Oct 26 I'm surprised he can get out of the press room, his head is so big!
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vanmunt added 15:47 - Oct 26 If you look up Hubris in the dictionary there will be a picture of this blokes smug face.
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muccletonjoe added 15:57 - Oct 26 At long last he has had enough of evans penny pinching
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ArnieM added 16:01 - Oct 26 Oh good, he's off at the end of the season then !
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Bluetone added 16:06 - Oct 26 McCarthy says he'll make a decision on his future in the summer. So ME has no say, the fans have no say just the arrogant McCarthy. He should get a job elsewhere as a bad example.
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MickCuresInsomnia added 16:07 - Oct 26 I'm surprised he's not got a neck injury being that far up his own arse 🙄
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Granthamblue62 added 16:15 - Oct 26 Well that has put a massive downer on my day. I keep checking social media regularly to see if this numpty has been given the boot. The man's arrogance is staggering. He only cares about his own reputation, hence why he won't do the decent thing and walk. Last Sunday's gutless second half performance was the final straw for me. Now we learn we are stuck with him until at least May. Another written-off season to endure between now and then. Great.

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midastouch added 16:16 - Oct 26 Sounds like Mick really cares either way, not! It's clearly time for change. Mick is a managerial relic of the past. In fact judging by his negative and predictable tactics over the last couple of seasons (apart from a few false green shoots of recovery) I think even Indiana Jones would be hard pushed to dig up a more antiquated relic.
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bluehook added 16:20 - Oct 26 Do one - tonight preferably.
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midastouch added 16:24 - Oct 26 And talking of Indiana Jones, I pray this season is Mick's Last Crusade for us!
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bluetit added 16:25 - Oct 26 “I guess there are not many owners who have been fortunate enough to have a manager who has spent £3 million over five years [on fees] and taken £14 million, by my reckoning with Murphy, Mings and Cressy, although I didn't sign him, but I still sold him, and still maintained promotion pushes and stayed in the league and not had to sack three, four, five managers in the meantime and had to pay them off." What a total moron, no ambition. (I didn't sign him, but I still sold him) corr well done mate you're the chosen one.

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Jimmy86 added 16:31 - Oct 26 This strikes me as being very similar to the Arsenal situation with Wenger last season. There now appears to be uncertainty over Mick's position moving forward and we have several key players out of contract at the end of the season. With Mick's future now up in the air what happens with these players out of contract? I also think that the noises coming out of Mick were quite arrogant. Should it really be his decision as to what happens at the end of the season? If our form doesn't pick up then he shouldn't be immune to getting the sack.

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brittaniaman added 16:35 - Oct 26 I believe he said those same Words nearing the end of LAST SEASON,, so have we got to put up with Ground hog day next summer Dino ????? You have got to get some wins between now and Christmas Dino, to get some Brownie points back.
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Swn98 added 16:36 - Oct 26 Arrogant? just an honest appraisal of the situation sometimes honesty sits uncomfortable with some people.
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Lightningboy added 16:38 - Oct 26 Just imagine how low the season ticket sales will be next summer if he's given another contract... The mind boggles.
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