Ipswich Town have announced that Mick McCarthy will be departing the club following the end of his contract which expires in the summer.
McCarthy was handed the Ipswich job back in November 2012, and has been in charge for close to 300 games, the longest stint he has spent at any club throughout his managerial career.
2014/15 saw the former Irish international guide the Tractor Boys to the Championship play offs, however, since then he has been unable to build upon that, finishing seventh the following season and slipping down to 16th place last term.
Following a meeting with Ipswich owner Marcus Evans that was held yesterday, both club and and manager believed that parting ways was best suited for all, with the feeling that McCarthy had taken the club are far as he possibly could in his six seasons in Suffolk.
In the wake of the news regarding McCarthy’s future, former England international and current TV pundit Chris Sutton took to Twitter to issue a warning to Ipswich Town, insisting that the club should be ‘very careful what they wish for’.
The full tweet reads as follows…
Stability is key for a club in the Championship, and despite finishing 16th last season, McCarthy has most definitely achieved that in his time at the club. Like Sutton said, given the limited resources available to him, the former Wolves manager has done more than a reasonable job, and the club should be wary of letting his good work slip away, due to a loss of stability.
With the news confirmed, the Ipswich board now have a decent amount of time to go through the proper selection process to single out genuine candidates for the Portman Road job, but as Sutton warned, the club should be wary of removing a manager who has provided such consistent stability under difficult circumstances.
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