Mick McCarthy: There's no clamour for my services

Now in his fourth year as Ipswich Town manager and, having just fallen short of emulating last season’s play-off place, Mick McCarthy is familiar with the perception that limited finances at Portman Road mean he has probably taken the club as far as he can.

But McCarthy insists he is “on board” for the remaining two years of his contract.

“I know what the gig is,” he says. “If there’s not huge funds there to spend, then I accept that and make the best of what I’ve got. The lads do as well, which is great. I continue to get the best out of them and they out of me.”