Kieran McKenna has a straight choice between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea, with both clubs willing to match his personal demands to appoint him as their new head coach.
Chelsea have been pushing hard to make up ground on Brighton, who have been pursuing the Ipswich Town manager since announcing last Saturday that Roberto De Zerbi would leave the club. Brighton are willing to pay the reported £6million in compensation to Ipswich for McKenna, but he is also understood to be among the contenders to fill the head coach vacancy at Chelsea after Mauricio Pochettino’s departure from the club this week.
Ipswich have in the past 24 hours offered McKenna a new contract worth £6million a season to try to keep him. He