Brandon Williams has returned to Manchester United for ‘medical assessment’, Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has revealed.
The 23-year-old joined Ipswich Town on loan at the beginning of the season and produced some of his best performances for the Championship club in October, scoring against Preston, but he has only managed three league starts since then due to illness and knocks.
McKenna told reporters (via East Anglian Daily Times): “Brandon’s in Manchester at the moment, he’s gone back to Manchester United.
“He’s had a period of injuries originally and then more recently illness, so he’s spent the week back there getting assessed by their medical team and won’t be with us tomorrow (vs Sunderland).
“After that, it will have to be a conversation and hopefully he’s fit and available and can come back and we can get back to the Brandon Williams that we had through October and November.”
Asked specifically about Williams’ injuries, McKenna replied: “He’s had various things. He’s had a couple of different little contact knocks, he had a soft tissue issue and he’s had some illness as well, so he’s getting assessed by their medical team.”
The reporters then pressed McKenna, formerly a coach at United, whether he would like Williams’ loan deal to continue for the second half of the season.
“That would be our desire. I think we saw little bits of what he can offer towards his best in the autumn time, but we haven’t had that for a period of time now.
“We’ll have to make the judgement call, alongside his parent club as well, about what’s going to be the best for the second half of the year.”
Ipswich need to find out how long it will take for Williams to reach full fitness again since he’s been out for such a long time.
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