McKenna hopeful Ipswich star could return this week | OneFootball

Kieran McKenna hopes winger Wes Burns could return to the Ipswich squad this week.

Burns has been out since last month with a calf problem but the Ipswich boss says it is not out of the question that he could return against Charlton on Wednesday.

“Not impossible, we’ll see how he is over the next few days,” McKenna said on his availability.

Victory on Wednesday would be a huge boost for Ipswich’s automatic promotion hopes, still occupying second spot but level on points with Milwall below them albeit having played a game less than the London club.

Asked if he is considering rotating his team after back-to-back games without wins, McKenna said: “Let’s see. At this stage of the season, you’re not rotating for fun, but physically it’s a big test and we have players who want to come in and make an impact, so we’ll try and make the right decisions on that.

“But it’s not a stage of the season for being tired or having niggles, everybody has to get ready to go again and we make decisions on what we think is right for the next game.

“This might be the third period where we’ve had seven games in 21 days with the postponements. The Championship is like that anyway, but our season has been even more like that.

“When you’re going into eight games, as our schedule was [from the Birmingham game onwards], we’re going to need different people to step up.

“And at the same time, it’s a fine balance because you want players in a rhythm and feeling the importance of the games and enjoying that situation.”