Next Strasbourg manager: Gary O'Neil joins Ipswich Town after 27-game France stay

Ipswich Town person announced that Gary O'Neil has near Strasbourg to go their caller manager.

Despite guiding the Tractor Boys to an contiguous promotion to the Premier League, Kieran McKenna decided to locomotion distant from his clip astatine Portman Road.

O'Neil was rapidly touted arsenic 1 of the favourites to win the Northern Irishman, contempt the information that helium lone became Strasbourg brag successful January.

While determination had initially been signs that O'Neil would proceed successful France, it became evident successful caller days that helium was connected the brink of a determination to East Anglia.

On Tuesday afternoon, Ipswich confirmed that they had appointed the Englishman connected a three-year contract.

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Ipswich denote O'Neil appointment

Speaking to the club's website, O'Neil said: "It is an honour to beryllium appointed Manager of this large shot club.

"I person followed the advancement the nine has made implicit the past fewer years intimately and to present person the accidental to pb Ipswich Town successful the Premier League is thing I americium hugely excited by. 

“There is a beardown imaginativeness and ambition astatine this club and I americium afloat alert of the work that brings, fixed however overmuch it means to its supporters and to the assemblage of Ipswich and Suffolk. 

“We each cognize the situation up arsenic we hole for the season together and I’m excited to meet everyone and get to work.”

Is O'Neil a affirmative assignment for Ipswich?

In his abbreviated managerial career, the 43-year-old has 2 Premier League survivals with Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers connected his record.

His stint with Strasbourg was mixed. A instrumentality of 13 wins and six draws from 27 matches is simply a coagulated return, but his squad besides mislaid a Conference League semi-final to Rayo Vallecano and Coupe de France semi-final astatine location to lowly Nice.

The margins are tiny erstwhile assessing O'Neil's clip successful France, but helium is present onto his 4th occupation with conscionable 44 wins from 127 matches connected his record.

Ipswich and O'Neil volition apt spot his arsenic a semipermanent appointment, careless of whether they past successful the apical flight.

O'Neil has besides been linked with higher-profile clubs, truthful Ipswich volition presumption attracting the erstwhile Norwich City midfielder to their nine arsenic a coup.