{"id":3868,"date":"2026-02-07T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/3868\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:04:07","slug":"a-new-role-for-akpom-mckenna-on-using-the-ajax-loanee-differently-at-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/3868\/","title":{"rendered":"A new role for Akpom? McKenna on using the Ajax loanee differently at Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has explained his thinking in playing Chuba Akpom in a different role during this afternoon’s 2-1 win at Derby County.<\/p>\n

The Ajax loanee’s minutes have come either as a No.10 or No.9 so far this season, but he stepped off the bench to play as a left winger at Pride Park.<\/p>\n

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“We know Chuba can play the different roles across the front,” said McKenna.<\/p>\n

“He’s been training there this week and showing some really good things.<\/p>\n

“Of course we have some really good players on the left already (Jack Clarke and Jaden Philogene) but he’s a little bit different in terms of being more of a second striker.<\/p>\n

“He can give another presence in the box, coming in behind the main striker, and it’s a role that I think he can do well for us in as well.<\/p>\n

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“We have that versatility with a lot of players. Chuba is one of them and I thought he had a good impact today.”<\/p>\n

More: ‘Outstanding player’ – McKenna hails the impact of January signing Mehmeti<\/a><\/p>\n

More: Mehmeti stars AGAIN! AJ’s player ratings as Town beat Derby County<\/a><\/p>\n

More: McKenna on Kasey McAteer’s assist and Wes Burns injury<\/a><\/p>\n

More: ‘My favourite win of the season’ – McKenna on 2-1 victory at Derby County<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has explained his thinking in playing Chuba Akpom in a different role during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,3955,3957,3958,3959,3960,3961,3956,3962,200,3963],"class_list":{"0":"post-3868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-amsterdam","9":"tag-chuba-akpom","10":"tag-derby-county","11":"tag-ipswich-town","12":"tag-jack-clarke","13":"tag-jaden-philogene","14":"tag-kasey-mcateer","15":"tag-kieran-mckenna","16":"tag-mehmeti","17":"tag-netherlands","18":"tag-wes-burns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}