Ipswich expect McCarthy to stay

Ipswich Town joint-managing director Ian Milne says he doesn’t expect Mick McCarthy to leave the Championship club for the vacant Ireland manager’s job.

Milne says he is not aware of any contact from the FAI regarding McCarthy, who previously managed Ireland between 1996 and 2002.

“The last time I spoke to him was a couple of weeks ago when it first came up and he said, ‘Look, I’m not going anywhere’. We don’t want him to go,” Milne said.