Sammie Szmodics is back training ahead of Ipswich Town's season-finale. (Image: PA)
Sammie Szmodics is back training ahead of Ipswich Town's season-finale. (Image: PA)
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has provided an availability update ahead of Sunday's season-finale against West Ham at Portman Road.
The Blues go into their final Premier League game knowing they have to beat the 15th place Hammers, and for Leicester to lose at Bournemouth, if they are to go down as the best of the bottom three.
Aro Muric (shoulder), Conor Townsend (hamstring), Cameron Burgess (hamstring), Kalvin Phillips (Achilles), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), Wes Burns (knee), Sammie Szmodics (ankle) and Jaden Philogene (knee) were all unavailable for last weekend's 2-0 defeat at Leicester.
Asked for a fitness update, McKenna said: "Kalvin is seeing a specialist for his issue with his Achilles to hopefully get that sorted in the off-season.
"Sammie Szmodics is back training with the group, but we have to decide on availability.
"Conor Townsend is not too far away, but it doesn't look like he'll make it for the weekend.
"There's a little bit of sickness in the camp, to be honest, so we've had a few off and struggling with that. Hopefully we'll be in a decent position by Sunday."
On some of the longer-term absentees, the Blues boss said: "Some of them will be ready for pre-season hopefully. Jaden, yes. Aro, hopefully. Chieo will be involved in pre-season training. Wes will be the one who's going to be a little bit further behind.
"Harry Clarke (who recently saw a loan spell at Sheffield United cut short by injury) had an operation on his plantarus, so hopefully should be back and ready for pre-season.
"We'll hopefully have the large majority of the group ready for pre-season."
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