Thursday, January 22

Fletcher coming?

Today's Evening Standard suggests Man United's Darren Fletcher is coming on loan for the rest of the season. He was certainly a player that Sir Alex Ferguson trusted, but I'm always reticent about signing players from Man United as they invariably disappoint on the way down from Old Trafford. Look at Rio Ferdinand at QPR and Tom Cleverley at Aston Villa, though Teddy Sheringham is the exception to this rule. To be more positive, Fletcher is 30 and having overcome serious illness should have a few years left and might be useful as cover for Song and Kouyate.

Meanwhile the Mirror claims that Winston Reid wants to leave if Arsenal bid for him in the window and that Arsenal have quoted a whopping £12 million for Carl Jenkinson. Might there yet be a straight exchange of the pair? Though Arsenal are also said to be interested in signing defender Gabriel Paulista from Villareal, which might scupper any Winston deal.

3 comments:

matt said...

Too right Pete, remember that winger Man Utd shipped out to Spain? Christopher Ronaldo, or something. He was no Luke Chadwick or Ralph Milne....

Anonymous said...

Haha, I agree that Rolando has been a real let down. He will never live up to the high bar vaz Te has set for Portugese wingers

Pete May said...

OK, I'll give you Ronaldo! But look at the rest. Roy Keane was crap at Celtic too… though we could still re-sign Luke Chadwick from Cambridge.