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Ipswich Town CEO Mark Ashton has warned Leicester City that they will be backing boss Kieran McKenna in the January transfer window in their push for Premier League promotion.
The Tractorboys have had a strong start to the season. They sit joint-top of the Championship with City and are level on 39 points.
When asked about their January transfer plans, Ashton told the East Anglian Daily Times: “You’ve got to remember, we’re governed by profit and sustainability rules. We’ll be brave and we’ll be bold, but we won’t be reckless.
“There’s a big difference. Financially, Kieran is always backed. But Kieran will only bring in the right type of players. He won’t just bring in a player for the numbers that’s just not in his make-up. He’s selective and that is something I’m really proud of. The window always moves, it’s like a spider’s web that almost changes on an hourly basis.
“We were calm and we stepped through it. We knew the key positions that we wanted to recruit into and we knew the key positions we wanted to retain to make sure the squad was solid. Last January, remember, the four signings we made were Championship players. We were recruiting for the Championship in League One.
“Then the market we were recruiting from changed because there are Championship clubs who now see us as potential competition, so they won’t want to do business with you. There were other players we could have signed at the end of the window, we had the financial firepower to do it, but Kieran was really clear; ‘No, I’m good with what we’ve got, we’ve got unity and balance, the squad is good’. That was fine with me.”
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