Manchester United first-team coach Martyn Pert is set to join prospective new Blues boss Kieran McKenna at Portman Road.

As reported earlier, Town are in advanced talks with McKenna regarding the management vacancy at Portman Road.

Pert joined the Red Devils under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s management in 2019 and like McKenna was kept on by new boss Ralf Rangnick.

According to PA, Pert will be McKenna’s number two at Portman Road with the appointments expected to be announced tomorrow.

A one-time Norwich City youth player, Norfolk-born Pert started his coaching career with the Canaries' academy where he trained their U14s before joining Cambridge City as their academy coach.

As part of his MSc in Sports Science, the 44-year-old visited Brondby, Ajax, Heerenveen, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and AC Milan to take a look at their coaching.

From June 2003 he spent six months with the New York Yankees as a fitness and conditioning coach before a spell with the LA Lakers and then a stint at West Brom.

Pert, who played in non-league for Great Yarmouth Town and Dereham, will know CEO Mark Ashton from Watford where he was conditioning coach between March 2005 and November 2008.

He moved on to the same role at Fulham from January 2009 and June the same years before returning to Vicarage Road from July 2009 and September 2010.

Pert was Aidy Boothroyd’s assistant manager at Coventry from September 2010 until March 2011 prior to a spell in the same position at FC Baniyas in the UAE from November 2011 and May 2012.

He was assistant head coach with the Bahrain national team between June 2011 and December 2012, then was fitness coach and assistant coach at Cardiff City from June 2013 until January 2014.

Between March 2014 and October 2018, Pert was the assistant head coach at the Vancouver Whitecaps in Canada.

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Bazza8564 added 09:26 - Dec 17 The guys have great credentials and have been at top clubs and are clearly well regarded and rated highly. This is a superb appointment, one with vision and ambition way beyond our current standing, and seeing Warnock's name above makes me cringe with how limited people's breadth really is, hes 73 !! We needed a team that was capable of establishing a long term foundation here, and they give us that. Welcome guys, your appointment has restored my faith in the ambition of this great club

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