Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has confirmed that the club is in talks to keep Sone Aluko in a new capacity following his retirement.
Ipswich Town face a vital summer as they prepare for Premier League football.
A number of fresh faces will arrive at Portman Road, and some will most likely leave. Sone Aluko has stated that his stint as a Town player is coming to an end, having announced his retirement when his contract expired.
Aluko was on the periphery of McKenna’s playing team, but he played an important role off the field and in the dressing room as the Tractor Boys completed a spectacular rise from the Championship.
However, while he is retiring, the 35-year-old could still have a future at Ipswich Town.
According to the East Anglian Daily Times, McKenna waxed poetic about Aluko before admitting that talks are underway to keep the Nigerian at the club ‘in one capacity or another’. He said:
“We hope that Sone will stay with us in one capacity or another. His agent is going to speak to Mark about that.
“The highest paid coach in Premier League history is what he’s pushing for,” he added jokingly.
“We’re really keen to keep good people and Sone is a fantastic person. We hope he’ll be involved in some way. I hope it won’t be the last and I’m sure it won’t be the last time that we all see him after tonight.”