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We asked for your views on which players Hull should keep, loan, and sell this summer.

Here are some of your comments:

Peter: One player who has been on the fringes who should be kept and why? Not so much the fringes, but returning from injury and not featured as much. Wes Burns - he's such a trier and has electric pace. Able to get a cross in front some difficult angles - we love him. One player who should be loaned out - Sindre Walle Egeli. He hasn't really set the world alight and looks low on confidence at times. Maybe a loan back to the Championship will do him some good. One player who should be sold - without a doubt, I would be selling Chuba Akpom. He hasn't looked anywhere good enough, and I think this will be magnified in the Prem.

Tom: For me Ipswich should keep Wes Burns, he's not had a huge involvement this season mostly due to injury, but he showed he was good enough last time we were in the prem, he's been nothing but class for Ipswich and he deserves his chance again in the top flight. Sindre Walle Egeli needs to be loaned out, after paying a Championship record fee for him as a 19-year-old last season, he has not delivered. There is clear potential however he would massively benefit from a loan spell. It's obvious, but George Hurst should be sold in my opinion. As much as he's been fantastic for the club, sadly I think his best days are behind him and we need to be looking for a couple of new strikers in the summer window.

Niall: Keep Dara O Shea, he's blossoming in town colours. Loan out Ivan Azon as experience elsewhere may benefit him. Sell Sammie Szmodics because just hasn't worked past season. Buy a striker please. We badly need a scorer for the Premier League.

Thomas: Keep Wes Burns. Sell Ivan Akpom.

James: I would like to see Chiedozie Ogbene kept and given a chance to prove his fitness and his quality. Chuba Akpom, on the other hand, should be allowed out on loan after a thoroughly uninspiring season. And Sammie Szmodics has played his last game for the club - we should look to recoup some of the transfer fee we spent on him and reinvest in that part of the pitch.

Peter: Ben Johnson has been Mr Versatile & has Premier League experience, not let us down at all & a very good athlete. Elkan Baggott should be loaned out as needs regular matches but has huge potential. Sammie Szmodics to be sold.

Nizaar Kinsella
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Fulham remain in the hunt for Marco Silva's long-term replacement amid suggestions that Kieran McKenna is the frontrunner.

However, it is understood that any deal to appoint the Ipswich Town manager is complicated by a number of significant costs.

The first is a compensation fee, thought to be around £8m, payable to Ipswich, which would be likely to reduce Fulham's transfer budget for next season.

There are also his wage demands, which are among the highest in the Premier League, as well as the added expense of bringing in his backroom staff.

A number of BBC Sport sources believe Fulham have shown interest without making formal contact with the Suffolk club, but there are questions over whether the overall cost will prove prohibitive.

At Ipswich, there is a mixture of optimism that he will stay, but also uncertainty over the possibility that he could effectively leave if the right figures are hit.

It was a similar situation when Bournemouth opted for former Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose over McKenna after Andoni Iraola announced he would leave the south coast at the end of the season.

Sources at Fulham have been approached for further clarity but have so far been cautious about outlining their managerial search.

The situation follows Silva's decision to join Portuguese side Benfica at the end of his contract at Craven Cottage, having turned down a competitive offer to remain in the role.

Meanwhile, BBC Sport has previously reported that Fulham hold some interest in Coventry City boss Frank Lampard.

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The future of Kieran McKenna was a talking point on the latest episode of The Blue Hour, a show on all things Ipswich Town from BBC Radio Suffolk.

Fans were in touch with the show over reports and rumours manager Kieran McKenna could move to Fulham., external

Michael wrote: It's not all about money, Kieran is a nice bloke and Town will have him for a few more years. His roots are established and it would be a shame to see him go. There's no chance. And he has a good chance of keeping Town in the league.

Dave offered: Why would he go to Fulham? A sideways move at best. I'd understand if it was Spurs or Manchester United. Fulham are a mid-table team. With the ambition of our owners, I can see us staying in the league for a few more years and building on that for future European challenges - just look at Sunderland. He is loved here at the club and it can only get better. At Fulham he'd have to start again and build up any momentum.

Listen to The Blue Room on BBC Sounds here

You can listen to a full show from Brenner Woolley at BBC Radio Suffolk in an episode of The Blue Hour.

There's discussion on the possibility of signing Newcastle United keeper Nick Pope, debate on Kieran McKenna's links to Fulham and an interview with David Sheepshanks.

Listen on BBC Sounds here or hit play below

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The countdown to the World Cup is well and truly on, so here's a reminder of the Tractor Boys selected to represent their countries from 11 June to 19 July.

The expanded 48-team competition is set to be the biggest in history, with the United States, Canada and Mexico hosting.

Ipswich Town's World Cup contingent:

• Ali Al-Hamadi (Iraq)

• George Hirst (Scotland)

Take a dive into each of the 48 squads here

Read more about the World Cup squads in numbers

Find out more about how to follow the competition on the BBC

Click here to download your World Cup 2026 wallchart

Change is inevitable at football clubs during the summer months and we want to ask you something specific about Ipswich's squad as they prepare to return to the Premier League.

Tell us:

• One player who has been on the fringes who should be kept and why?

• One player who should be loaned out

• One player who should be sold

We would love names and reasons for all three - get in touch with your views using this form.

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BBC Radio Suffolk have ranked Ipswich Town's top five away days under Kieran McKenna and as they head to the Premier League once again, they could be looking for a repeat over number four Sunderland.

BBC Radio Suffolk's Graeme McLoughlin and Harvey Bell agreed Ipswich's 2-1 victory at the Stadium of Light on opening day of the 2023-24 season, was worthy of a top five spot as it became a building block for back-to-back promotions.

"I had to go for that because I'd been to Sunderland the season before [last] and we'd lost there under Paul Cook and it was quite an uninspiring performance," Bell said.

"I remember it being such a long journey and thinking 'oh we've been promoted from League One, we're going there on opening day of the season, we're not favourites to win this so this could be a really miserable long way up and long way back'.

"But then Nathan Broadhead scores against Sunderland, which was his former club, and I think at that point beating Sunderland who are seen as quite a big club at Championship level, really made us all think even though it was only the first game of the season, that we could really be on to something."

Radio Suffolk sports editor Graeme McLoughlin said: "That's why it's on my list. It was the belief. It set the tone for what was a glorious season."

Click play below to hear the full list or listen on BBC Sounds here

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Goalkeeper Arijanet Muric is to leave Ipswich Town and join Serie A side Sassuolo.

The 27-year-old spent last season on loan with the Italian club, making 32 appearances and keeping six clean sheets as Sassuolo finished in 11th place.

Muric, who is a Kosovo international, joined Ipswich from Burnley for an initial fee of £10m in July 2024 but only featured in 18 league games as the Suffolk side were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2024-25 campaign.

He started his career with Manchester City, making five appearances in the League Cup, before spending time on loan at clubs including NAC Breda, Nottingham Forest and Girona.

Sassuolo have exercised the option to make Muric's move permanent for an undisclosed fee.

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Ipswich Town striker Ali Al-Hamadi has been named in Iraq's World Cup squad with the tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico kicking off next week.

The 24-year-old made only two appearances for Ipswich last season before joining League One's Luton Town, where he scored one goal in 14 appearances, on loan.

Al-Hamadi has made 17 appearances for Iraq's senior side, scoring five goals including one in their 2-1 play-off victory over Bolivia in April which qualified them for their second ever World Cup and first since 1986.

He is the second Ipswich forward going to the World Cup with 27-year-old George Hirst included in the Scotland squad.

Iraq are in Group I alongside France, Senegal and Norway and start their campaign against the Norwegians on Tuesday, 16 June.