Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna admits Ralf Rangnick wanted him to stay with Manchester United.
Despite the German bringing in his own staff to assist him, McKenna looked set to retain his place in the backroom until Ipswich came calling.
“This is an opportunity that I wanted at the age I wanted. I feel I'm ready for it," he said at today's media conference.
“Ralf Rangnick is not too long through the door and I've built a really good relationship with him over a couple of weeks. He was fantastic and wanted me to work for him going forward.
“You can't really say (if I'd have stayed with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) because it's a situation that never happened. But I know this was an opportunity I wanted to take.
“I'm just very happy to have taken that and to be here."
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