McCarthy has high hopes for Doherty

Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy hopes new signing Jack Doherty will follow in the footsteps of another player he signed from Waterford United — Daryl Murphy.

Doherty joined Murphy — who McCarthy took to Sunderland from Waterford in 2005 — in the ex-Ireland boss’s Tractor Boys squad this week, having put pen to paper on a two-year deal after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of €60,000 plus appearance-based add-ons.

The 18-year-old impressed his new manager while on trial during Ipswich’s training camp at Carton House this month.