Hughton finally admits interest in Arsenal starlet.
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 | 143 Comments |
Which is a confusing one really as I covered the story about Wlishere and a possible loan switch to Tyneside a few weeks back, and whilst it would appear to be a move that would be welcomed by Newcastle fans, Chris Hughton moved quickly to dismiss any interest in the player who spent the back end of last season on loan at Bolton Wanderers. Something must have made Hughton have a change of heart though, especially after what was a very quick dismissal of the kind of player we are crying out for has been followed by this recent admission of interest in bringing the player to the club.
We all know that Jack Wilshere is a quality player, and one that would compliment what we already have at the club, so there is no real need to look into his credentials. All I would say is that if there is a chance of getting him on a season long loan then we should pursue it, although I am pretty certain that there will be other suitors monitoring the situation and seeing if they can jump to the front of the queue.
Personally, I would much rather have Wilshere over Tom Cleverley, as I don’t think Cleverley is much different from what we have already. That is out my hands though and it has been reported that a deal has already been brokered between Manchester United and Newcastle to bring Cleverley to St James’ Park on a season long loan deal.
I must stress that the Cleverley deal should be taken with the proverbial bucket load of salt as it is being reported by the News Of The World, which is hardly the last bastian of accurate journalism. Then again, neither is the paper that the Wilshere rumour comes from, although there are at least some direct Chris Hughton quotes. This is what he had to say about Jack Wilshere anyway:
“Wilshere is a very good young player and I think young players should get the chance to mature. They are the type of players I am looking at. We want new players – but what we have said is that I don’t expect to be making wholesale changes.”
Make of it what you will, but it does seem like a pretty weak link in fairness. I would like it to come off, but I guess we will just have to wait and see. I don’t expect many signings to be made in the near future, in fact I don’t think we will conduct any business until the middle of June at the earliest. The fact that Hughton has said pretty much that, and the fact that we will apparently be monitoring identified targets at the World Cup would suggest that deals will probably not be finalised until the potential signings involvement in the tournament is over.
We’ll just have to wait and see I guess.
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“Wilshere is a very good young player and I think young players should get the chance to mature. They are the type of players I am looking at. We want new players – but what we have said is that I don’t expect to be making wholesale changes.”
what about harris chris you never give him much of a chance when we were nailed on promoted..speaks with folk tounge