Town boss Kieran McKenna says discussions have taken place internally on the futures of the club’s out-of-contract players but that conversations with those individuals won’t happen until the end of next week at the earliest.

While it's known that striker Kayden Jackson is in talks regarding a new contract with his current terms up in the summer, James Norwood, Sone Aluko and Tom Carroll are among those whose deals are also up in June with the club having a year’s option for Norwood and Aluko.

Tomas Holy, Bailey Clements, Brett McGavin and Myles Kenlock, on loan at Port Vale, Stevenage, King's Lynn and Colchester respectively, are also out of contract and look set to move on in the summer.

As reported earlier in the week, Town have taken the one-year option on Ben Morris’s deal, while Tyreece Simpson has told the club he wants to move on.

Bersant Celina, Macauley Bonne, Tyreeq Bakinson and Dominic Thompson are all on loan.

“They’ve been discussed internally, there are obviously two games left so nothing is in cement yet, but we’ve obviously had those discussions internally and have a good idea where we want to take the squad,” McKenna said when asked whether decisions have been made on the out-of-contract squad members.

“But there haven’t been any discussions with players yet, it’s not the right time to discuss that. At the back end of next week and beyond we’ll sit down with the player individually and discuss what’s going to be right for them, what’s going to be right for the club.”

Quizzed on whether he plans to keep Bakinson, who has been a regular for most of the time since his January loan move from Bristol City, he said: “I think again that’s a conversation for after Charlton and a conversation that needs to be had on a personal level with the player first of all before anything is communicated.

“I think Tyreeq has enjoyed his experience here, I think he’s developed in his time here and has improved probably almost game by game and how now got himself up to a good level and I think in terms of his future that’s a conversation that needs to be had on a personal level between him and me first of all and then between other interested agents and then that can be communicated publicly.”

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BlueBlood90 added 15:39 - Apr 21 Sounds like we'll want to make Bakinson permanent.
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Suffolkboy added 16:03 - Apr 21 As ever one reads what KM has to say without ever feeling he dodges or avoids but communicates discretely and purposefully providing sensible pointers to the future without abusing any proper aspect of confidentiality . He commands our respect and his audience is always worthwhile . We've a really good man full of integrity ! COYB
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Europablue added 16:10 - Apr 21 Bailey Clements seemed like the next player to step up to the first team and now it looks like he's on his way out. It's such a harsh game.
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Len_Brennan added 16:19 - Apr 21 James Norwood - out Sone Aluko - keep Tom Carroll - out Tomas Holy - out Bailey Clements - out Brett McGavin -out Myles Kenlock - out Bersant Celina - keep Macauley Bonne - out (we need a dependable center forward for next season) Tyreeq Bakinson - keep Dominic Thompson - out (we can do better in terms of attacking threat)
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Veggie added 17:22 - Apr 21 Sounds like we want to keep Bakinson.
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jas0999 added 17:47 - Apr 21 Doubt we will keep Carroll or Norwood. I'd be surprised if any of the loans remain. I'm sure we would like to keep Celina, but he will surely have offers from championship clubs?
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NthQldITFC added 19:43 - Apr 21 I concur completely with you Bishop Len, and will not be needing to kick you up the erse today.
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Monkey_Blue added 19:55 - Apr 21 As long as we wave bye bye to the drunk driver. Not good enough and nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.
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ringwoodblue added 21:19 - Apr 21 My thoughts are: James Norwood - keep (good striker for this league if he gets the service, we also need combative players to get out of this league) Sone Aluko - keep (we need some experienced heads in the squad) Tom Carroll - out Tomas Holy - keep (better than Hladky) Bailey Clements - out Brett McGavin - keep Myles Kenlock - out Bersant Celina - out (inconsistent luxury player) Macauley Bonne - out Tyreeq Bakinson - out (we can do better) Dominic Thompson - out (we can do better)

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KiwiTractor added 23:57 - Apr 21 My thoughts are: James Norwood - keep (or at least get a fee for him) Sone Aluko - keep Tom Carroll - out Tomas Holy - keep (better than Hladky) Vlac Hladky - sell Bailey Clements - out Brett McGavin - would like to see him given a chance, but probably out Myles Kenlock - out Bersant Celina - out Macauley Bonne - out Tyreeq Bakinson - maybe keep (squad player) Dominic Thompson - out (terrible) Rakeem Harper - sell Joe Pigott - sell

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Ipswichbusiness added 10:33 - Apr 22 It doesn't make much sense to me to have both Bakinson and Harper; one or the other.
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