The 26-year-old player has maximized his five Premier League appearances so far, which was significant enough to earn him his international debut for the Republic of Ireland last Sunday.
McKenna expressed enthusiasm about Jack’s progress and selection for the national squad. McKenna said, “I think everyone in the building is buzzing for Jack to be called up to the Ireland squad. When I first spoke to Jack a couple of years ago, his career goals were to play for Ireland and play in the Premier League. We are really, really happy that he has reached those milestones and now it will be about setting new milestones and pushing on from there. I think he has made a good impact. It is now five appearances he has made in the Premier League so far and I think he is a really good role model for the group at the moment. He didn’t play in the Fulham game or against AFC Wimbledon in the cup as we were integrating some new players. It would have been easy at that stage to drop his head. But his training over the few weeks after that was excellent. He has shown good attitude and good qualities and taken some good steps in his career in terms of making his Premier League and international debut. We are happy he is here and we know he is going to keep working hard to have as strong a season as he can.”
Taylor was one of four Town players included in the Republic of Ireland squad, alongside Dara O’Shea, Chiedozie Ogbene, and Sammie Szmodics. McKenna’s team is set to return to action against Everton at Portman Road on Saturday at 3pm.
