NYHETER: Ex-player/-manager news, Part VII

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Former Leeds United boss Peter Reid, now manager of the Thailand national team, was given a treat by his new charges to remind him of home: a special viewing of James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Unfortunately it had been dubbed into Thai, which Reid cannot understand. (Daily Express)

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Mark Viduka will make a surprise return from injury for the Magpies in Saturday's Tyne-Tees derby with Middlesbrough. (Various)
Mark Viduka will return for Newcastle in Saturday's derby against Middlesbrough. (Daily Star)
Mark Viduka is ready to return for Newcastle United in Saturday's derby at Middlesbrough. (The Sun)

Brighton star David Livermore is out until after Christmas following a cartilage operation. (Daily Star)

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Stack - Blackpool loan move.

STACK MAKES SEASIDERS SWITCH
Plymouth have allowed goalkeeper Graham Stack to join Championship rivals Blackpool on loan until January 1.
The 27-year-old, who progressed through the ranks at Arsenal, will be ineligible to face his parent club when the Seasiders head to Home Park on Saturday.
The Pilgrims have a 24-hour recall on Stack, who will provide competition for Paul Rachubka at Bloomfield Road

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Stack_(footballer)
http://www.pafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~21767,00.html

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Lions won't go for Carole: Jackett feels he has enough options out wide
Millwall boss Kenny Jackett has opted not to pursue his interest in former Leeds United winger Seb Carole.
The Frenchman has been training with Millwall recently, having been without a club since leaving Leeds in the early weeks of the season.

Carole makes Quakers switch
Darlington have signed former Leeds and Brighton winger Seb Carole.
The 26-year-old French midfielder was a free agent after being released by the Whites in the summer.
Carole began his career with French side Monaco before moving to Brighton in 2005 where he made 40 appearances.
Carole then spent two seasons at Elland Road before leaving Leeds in August.


Også: http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13750_4563160&id=30

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George Graham last night furiously denied a new claim that he was paid a £30,000 bung in a toilet when Arsenal signed Stefan Schwarz from Benfica. (The Sun)

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Villa's Milner at centre of Nike row
Aston Villa winger James Milner has run foul of his sponsors Nike.
The Daily Mail says Milner has been stopped from wearing innovative new protective equipment by his personal and club sponsors Nike because they conflict with their own, less advanced, leg guards.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/content/villas-milner-centre-nike-row

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"Where are they now?"
Morosom spalte i YEP for de som liker nostalgi, som trolig er flere enn Super-Ray og meg...?!

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=76468




Ian Baird


Ian Snodin


Jon Newsome


Noel Blake


Mel Sterland

[auren]

Så har endelig Carole funnet en ny klubb:

"Darlington have signed former Leeds and Brighton winger Seb Carole on a free transfer following his summer release by the Whites.

Carole began his career with French side Monaco before moving to Brighton in 2005 where he made 40 appearances. The 26-year-old Frenchman then spent two seasons at Elland Road before leaving in August."

Sakset fra LeedsUnited-mad.

Lykke til!

auren

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"Where are they now?"
Morosom spalte i YEP for de som liker nostalgi, som trolig er flere enn Super-Ray og meg...?!

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=76468

Nearly man Stewart loved life at Leeds



Where are they now - David Stewart
Safe keeping of a different sort has been occupying the attentions of ex-Whites custodian David Stewart since he hung up his goalkeeping gloves.
It's fair to say the Scot â€" second fiddle to compatriot David Harvey for the lion's share of his five-year stint in West Yorkshire â€" didn't have much luck during his time south of the border with Leeds.
And also with the teams he subsequently joined â€" West Brom and Swansea â€" for that matter.
Now 61, Stewart â€" chiefly remembered by United fans for featuring in the side who infamously lost out in the 1975 European Cup final â€" works in a jewellers in Swansea, having resided in South Wales after calling time on his playing career which started at Kilsyth Rangers before moving onto Ayr.
That balmy spring night in Paris in the mid-seventies should have represented the high point of Glasgow-born Stewart's career, but unspeakably bad officiating and mayhem on the terraces tarnished the crowning glory for United's golden generation.
Over 33 years on and Stewart, who joined Leeds in October 1973, admits the massively controversial 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich still rankles with him. That said, time has made him a great deal more philosophical about one of the most painful episodes in the club's history.
On that fateful evening, Stewart told the YEP: "It was a game we probably deserved to win. But the referee made some bad decisions. We were really angry at the time, but it's one of those things.
"I actually watched the film of the match not so long ago, and I still can't believe how bad the decisions were. But there's not a lot you can do now, that's football.
"It was an epic game and Bayern were a really good team at the time, but so were we and we did enough to win and obviously should have. But there you are...
"It would have been nice to have a winners' medal on the mantelpiece, but it wasn't to be I'm afraid."
Stewart, thrust into the limelight during United's run to the final of Europe's blue riband competition, added: "David (Harvey) had a car accident and I played at Anderlecht and Barcelona, home and away.
"I couldn't remember too much about the Anderlecht games, but remember playing at the Nou Camp, which was amazing. It was such a good night in front of such a big crowd.
"There was something like 100,000 there. We were 2-1 up from the first leg and then we scored early on through Peter (Lorimer).
They equalised, but we managed to hang on thankfully and I played quite well.
"David was fit again, but I managed to play in the final, having played the majority of the (European) matches and I can still say I played in a European Cup final."
That Parisian pinnacle was a rare moment on the centre stage for Stewart, with Harvey soon reclaiming his position between the posts the following season and the Glaswegian copped bench duties again.
Stewart ultimately switched to West Brom in November 1978, but despite his United career largely not getting out of second gear, he insists he thoroughly enjoyed his Elland Road stint, even though it was largely in the shadows.
Stewart â€" who started 74 games in just over five years, said: "You couldn't beat it. At the end of the day, I was lucky enough to play for Leeds and enjoyed every minute of it.
"I always got on great with David and we were quite friendly. We went to the races together a few times and we got on okay.
"I remember first coming to Leeds. It was a big surprise, Leeds were a top side back then and I couldn't believe it, to be honest.
"There were a few Scots there already, like Peter (Lorimer), Joe (Jordan) and Gordon (McQueen), so I suppose that made it a bit easier.
"I signed as cover, but I just thought 'it's Leeds United and we'll see how it goes'.
"Gary (Sprake) had just gone to Birmingham and even though I was coming in as cover, Leeds were the best team in the country along with the likes of Liverpool and Man United as well. They were such a good side and every player was a household name.
"Signing for Leeds then was like signing for Man United now. You could hardly turn them down â€" if somebody said now 'come and sign for Man U', you'd be off!
"The problem was that Leeds were going so well in the league and had gone on that long run undefeated that I thought I don't want to go in here and be the one who is chipped over by a striker and then the ball goes into the back of the net and we lose 2-0 or something!
"All I could do was bide my time. David was playing well at the time and I was playing in the reserves â€" and went with the first team a few times as well â€" and there wasn't a lot I could do, except give it the best I could in the reserves and hope for a chance.
"I enjoyed it under Don (Revie), although I only came in the October and he was gone in the summer. Brian (Clough) came in and I was only a (first-team) pool player at the time and hardly spoke to him really.
It was a bit bewildering in terms of what was going on at the time!"
After switching to the Hawthorns, Stewart endured a nightmare before heading to up-and-coming Swansea, where his luck belatedly changed for the better.
John Toshack's Swans crop were rising up the divisions at a rate of knots with Stewart an ever-present in the club's promotion to the top-flight promised land for the first time in their history in 1980-81.
Heady days at the Vetch were commonplace, but just when the party was getting in full swing, Stewart found himself on the sidelines again.
That summer, Toshack swooped to sign Welsh international Dai Davies and was handed the no.1 jersey for the Swans' first-ever game in the top tier, ironically a 5-1 success over Leeds!
On life after leaving Leeds, Stewart â€" who made his lone appearance for Scotland against East Germany in 1978 when he saved a penalty, said: "I joined West Brom and it didn't work out for me. I was there about 15 months and never played a game! I got a bad injury and Tony Godden was quite settled in the first team and I couldn't get back in.
"It was very frustrating, Tony was playing well and that was it and I ended up going to Swansea. That's where I finished playing and I'm settled here now.
"They were in the second division when I went and I played half a season and then a full season when Swansea got promoted to the first division. We were a good side, and had signed quite a few ex-Liverpool players and the like. But the club then signed Dai Davies when they were promoted and I was out."
Stewart still follows the game on the periphery in rugby-mad South Wales, managing to get to the odd Swansea match when work commitments allow.
He added: "I had a couple of jobs when I finished playing. I was the manager of a carpet store for a number of years and then got a chance to do what I'm doing now. I took the chance and am still in the job 20 years on. I work most Saturdays and the only chance I get to watch football is on a Wednesday.
"I go to watch the Swans now and again. They've got a nice new stadium and are a good side with a good manager and they play football the right way.
"Rugby dominates to a certain extent. But there's a big following for football as well with Cardiff and Swansea, who are playing at the end of this month and that will be another battle and they'll be kicking lumps out of each other again.
"The game's a lot quicker now and players are a lot F***er. There's quite a lot more money now and the game's moved on â€" I bet Stanley Matthews said that as well once!
"I was up in Leeds about two or three years ago. Paul Reaney rang me and said a few of the boys were meeting up and Leeds were playing Fulham. John Charles, Bobby Collins and Allan Clarke were there and a few other of the boys I played with. When I was there, I was quite friendly with Trevor Cherry and Paul (Reaney).
"I'm sorry to see the team are in the position they are in now.
It's awful, hopefully they'll get back into the top (division), but I think it's going to take a little bit longer yet."

YEP

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Dennis Wise on his bike soon from executive Newcastle role
Dennis Wise's fragile hold on his position as part of the Newcastle United hierarchy is close to breaking point.
With Joe Kinnear's role extended from interim boss on a monthly deal to manager until the end of the season, as first revealed in Sportsmail five weeks ago, Wise, the executive director (football), looks likely to go in the near future.
The irony will not be lost on Kevin Keegan, who quit in September claiming he had little control over team affairs, a responsibility that at the time was shared by Wise and chief scout Tony Jimenez.
Multi-millionaire property dealer Jimenez left shortly after owner Mike Ashley and chairman Derek Llambias failed to turn up for a meeting with prospective Arab buyers which Jimenez had arranged in Dubai.
With no other potential purchasers on the horizon, Ashley will stay in control for the foreseeable future.

Daily Mail

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Grimsby make player/coach offer to Blackburn's Fowler
Grimsby boss Mike Newell has held exploratory talks with Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler, currently with Blackburn, about a player/coaching role at the League Two strugglers.
Grimsby chairman John Fenty claims Fowler is waiting to see what his future holds at Blackburn before making a decision on Grimsby's offer.
"The situation is this: A couple of weeks ago the manager had some discussions with Robbie and then he asked me if we could potentially take it forward for Robbie to come in some sort of playing/coaching capacity," Fenty told the club's official website.
"That has come about because of Mike's friendship with him and also the fact that it had been mooted that Robbie has said that he wanted to get onto the management ladder.
"Obviously, we saw a potential opportunity here, and after discussing it through with Robbie, it was quite clear that Robbie wants to keep playing at the highest level possible for as long as he possibly can.
"He is now waiting for Blackburn to clarify their position. He is under contract there until December.
"There is a real chance, and logically it is likely to happen this way, in that he gets a contract extension at Blackburn.
"If this doesn't happen, there is a glimmer of a chance that he might come to Grimsby.
"In truth, we were trying to avoid this becoming a public issue but I think I needed to clarify the situation with regards Robbie Fowler.
"It wasn't meant to get out, I don't know how it was leaked, to that extent I feel that it needs this clarification."

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Wigan's King waiting for Hull to make call
Marlon King admits he's not had word from Hull City about a permanent deal.
King has been one of Phil Brown's successful additions and is expected to turn his loan move from Wigan into a permanent deal during the transfer window.
But he cautiously said: "January hasn't come, so I can't speculate on stuff.
"It's all right me being happy at Hull. But if Hull don't want me then it's a different case altogether.
"The window doesn't open until next month, and I don't know anything about any move yet.
"I know it's a season-long loan - and I want to do my best for Hull City."

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Us look at Maybury
Colchester have handed a trial to former Leicester and Leeds defender Alan Maybury.
The 30-year-old ex-Republic of Ireland international has been training with the Us following a trial with Bristol City, and is in line to appear in this week's Essex Senior Cup tie against Romford at the Community Stadium.
Maybury is currently without a club after his release by Leicester in May, having had a spell on loan with Aberdeen towards the end of last season.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Maybury

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Hull boss Brown: Barmby will have contract chance
Hull City boss Phil Brown says veteran midfielder Nicky Barmby will be given every chance to win a new contract.
He told the Hull Daily Mail: "People have got to play games to get in my mind with regards to a new contract.
"Nick is not a foolish man, he is a very intelligent lad, so he'll know that as well as anybody.
"He knew he needed to get out of the treatment room as quickly as he possibly could and he knew that he had to put a shift in on the training ground on a daily basis.
"That gets him in the team and that will be the key to him getting a new contract."
Barmby was selected for a key role in the Championship play-offs - featuring in all three historic games.
A starting role in City's first ever Premier League fixture against Fulham also showed his manager's faith.
"He's like a young boy who just wants to play, he's like Peter Pan" added Brown.
"He gets out on the training ground and he's always the bright, bubbly one.
"He's a top-of-the-ground player. Even if it's knee-deep in mud, he'll be floating on top of the ground.
"He's got a flighty, sharp style of play and he's always one step ahead. He knows where the next pass is going quicker than anyone else.
"That kind of brilliance, and that's all you can call it, is something that's needed at this club."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Barmby
http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~5820,00.html

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Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is set to offer Lee Bowyer a £1million escape route from West Ham. (Daily Express)

Phil Brown has told Nick Barmby to prove his fitness if he wants to earn a deal at Hull. (Daily Express, Daily Mail)

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Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is set to offer Lee Bowyer a £1million escape route from West Ham. (Daily Express)

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Grimsby make player/coach offer to Blackburn's Fowler
Grimsby boss Mike Newell has held exploratory talks with Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler, currently with Blackburn, about a player/coaching role at the League Two strugglers.
Grimsby chairman John Fenty claims Fowler is waiting to see what his future holds at Blackburn before making a decision on Grimsby's offer.
"The situation is this: A couple of weeks ago the manager had some discussions with Robbie and then he asked me if we could potentially take it forward for Robbie to come in some sort of playing/coaching capacity," Fenty told the club's official website.

Blackburn boss Ince: Fowler won't join Grimsby
Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince has poured cold water on the prospect of Robbie Fowler moving to Grimsby.
Ince has yet to hear from Grimsby boss Mike Newell, a former Blackburn striker, and said: "I can't see him going to Grimsby, to be fair.
"It's been hard for Robbie, getting him on to the pitch in the situation we have been in. But he is fantastic around the dressing room, a real character, and he wants to get on the pitch and show he can still score goals."
The former Leeds player's deal expires at the end of this month, but Ince added: "We will sit down in a couple of weeks and see where he goes from there."

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Wigan's King waiting for Hull to make call
Marlon King admits he's not had word from Hull City about a permanent deal.
King has been one of Phil Brown's successful additions and is expected to turn his loan move from Wigan into a permanent deal during the transfer window.
But he cautiously said: "January hasn't come, so I can't speculate on stuff.
"It's all right me being happy at Hull. But if Hull don't want me then it's a different case altogether.
"The window doesn't open until next month, and I don't know anything about any move yet.
"I know it's a season-long loan - and I want to do my best for Hull City."

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is ready to bring Marlon King back from a season-long loan deal at Hull if Emile Heskey joins Aston Villa in the transfer window. (Mirror)

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Rio Ferdinand has revealed that he used to hate Manchester United before his £29.1m move to Old Trafford. "I couldn't stand United when I was 21 because they used to win everything," he said. "I said I'd never go there." (Mirror)

Former England coach and Arsenal boss Don Howe has come out of retirement at the age of 73 to help Ipswich. (Various)
Ex-trener: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Howe

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Halle i samtaler med Lyn
Hvis Lyn reddes fra degradering kan Gunnar Halle bli en del av trenerteamet i osloklubben.

Halle blir fysisk trener i Lyn
Gunnar Halle har sagt ja til å bli assisterende trener med ansvar for fysisk trening i Lyn Oslo.
Halle kommer fra stillingen som Uwe Röslers assistent i Viking. Han har tidligere hatt en tilsvarende rolle i Lillestrøm.
- Gunnar Halle har sagt ja til å bli assisterende trener med hovedansvarsområde fysisk trening. Han starter i jobben i morgen, melder Lyn ifølge aftenposten.no.
Halle selv ønsket ikke å bekrefte saken onsdag ettermiddag.
- Ja, det kan vel være aktuelt det. Ring meg i kveld, sier han.

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Rio Ferdinand hatet Manchester United

- En United-tilhenger kom bort til meg en gang og sa «Jeg skal vedde for du ville elske å komme til oss», og jeg svarte: «Jeg kommer aldri til å gå dit». - Rio Ferdinand

Ganske sikkert at han hadde den holdningen da han spilte for Leeds, bare synd at vi hadde så øknomiske problemer at vi måtte selge han...

Kilde: http://www.dagbladet.no/2008/12/03/sport/fotball/premier_league/manchester_united/3914344/

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Back from the brink


The rise and fall of Leeds United can be told in three episodes starring Jonathan Woodgate. The high-flying success with all its attendant madness is perhaps encapsulated in the story of the Woodgate passport. Convening at Leeds-Bradford airport in 2001 for a European trip, there was a moment of panic among the Leeds contingent when the centre-half was asked for his passport. "You told me to put it somewhere safe," protested Woodgate to Leeds officials. "So I did. It's in the safe at home." Cue a charter jet detour to Teesside.
The second episode is darker. The arrest and trial of the England defender after a drunken night out left a student severely injured on the ground was emblematic of a period of excess that led to severe recrimination. Woodgate was convicted of affray in 2001 and sentenced to community service.
The departure of Woodgate to Newcastle United in 2003 was the moment when the Leeds dream was interrupted by the roaring fury of the fans. "There is a perception that I left because of the debt," says Peter Ridsdale, the high-profile chairman of the soaring club of the early millennium. "I did not. I went because the fans turned against me."

Ridsdale, who oversaw a Leeds campaign that ended in the semi-finals of the Champions League, has stayed in football to watch the Yorkshire club lose to Histon in the FA Cup. The irony runs deeper. As Leeds seem to lurch from one crisis to another, Ridsdale has redeemed himself as chairman of Cardiff City, with the Welsh club reaching last year's FA Cup final and now in the race for promotion to the Barclays Premier League.
He is not smug. But he is not shy, either. "The debt at Leeds was £78.9m," says Ridsdale, "but I never felt that was the major issue in my departure. The fans made it clear they wanted me to go, so I went. The debt was manageable." Ridsdale, who had a successful career in business before entering the world of football, was hounded out by cries of Judas and attacks, both personal and physical.
However, he retains much of the swagger he had when he, David O'Leary and a youthful Leeds team marched across Europe and threatened to be the challengers to Manchester United for dominance in England. "The subsequent demise of Leeds United was down to poor decisions," he says of the aftermath of his departure. Ridsdale, who is brutally honest about his shortcomings in United We Fall (Pan, £7.99), his memoir of the heady days, is also candid about the fate of the club.
"I believe they would not be in this situation if I had been allowed to carry on," he says. Ridsdale says in his book: "I could not be sorrier for what has happened to that great club, and my part in the tragedy." But this is not an acceptance of all the blame for the downfall of Leeds. Ridsdale has taken the opportunity to answer his critics. But he has not demanded money for that privilege. All proceeds from a compelling book will go to a hospice.
So what went wrong? The Cardiff City chairman blames the collapse at Elland Road on buying "too many big-name players because that overloaded the wage structure, which buckled when we failed on the pitch". But he says: "In the five and a half years that I was chairman at Leeds we finished in the top five four times. I left them with a team that included Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka, Oliver Dacourt, Paul Robinson and other top players. Aaron Lennon and James Milner were coming through. This was not a side who should have been relegated."
He adds: "I didn't believe they appointed the right manager and questions need to be asked about decision making." Ridsdale is convinced that Eddie Gray was unsuitable for the Elland Road job.
"I was sure of the man I wanted at Leeds," says Ridsdale. "I approached Martin O'Neill three times about the job." The Northern Irishman rebuffed the overtures from Yorkshire when he was at Leicester City and twice when he was at Celtic. Ridsdale now watches O'Neill taking Aston Villa forward and wonders what might have been at Leeds. "He's an outstanding manager," says Ridsdale simply. As a chairman, he has worked with a few. O'Leary does not emerge shining from United We Fall.
Ridsdale claims he should have refused his manager funds to buy Robbie Fowler and Seth Johnson, "two deals too far". He also states that O'Leary lost the dressing room after the publication of his book, United on Trial. Peter Reid is given credit for keeping United up but Ridsdale says he should never have been given the job permanently. His summation of the Terry Venables era is biting: "It had all gone wrong under Terry. In fact, it had never gone right."
Now, though, Ridsdale has a harmonious relationship with Dave Jones at Cardiff. "I made mistakes at Leeds," he says, "but that has helped me to become a better chairman at Cardiff."
The past, however, has not dulled his ambition. "We are moving into a £48m stadium next year. We are a one-city club. More than 1.6m people live within a 30-minute drive of the stadium. The nearest geographical competition in Premiership terms is in London or in Birmingham with Aston Villa."
The club has reached a "very amicable" agreement with Langston, a company who were pursuing Cardiff for a chunk of cash. "We have no major debt," insists Ridsdale.
He adds, however, that the problem of debt can be over-stated. "If a debts are serviceable, then there is no problem. Look at Manchester United. They can service their debt with their profits. I would be more concerned about a club such as Chelsea who rely on one major beneficiary to service their debt." But Ridsdale is happy for the moment to keep Cardiff's balance sheet on an even keel. "We have invested in a measured way," he says of the club's acquisitions.
"We will take nothing for granted and will carry on doing what I believe to be right." He concedes, however, that the club was "very lucky" to secure Ross McCormack from Motherwell "at a bargain price because he was out of contract".
McCormack has helped Cardiff to seventh in the league. The dream is the Premier League. The nightmare for Ridsdale is over.

theherald.co.uk

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Spring - on loan from Luton.

SPRING KEEN ON PERMANENT BLADES DEAL
On-loan Sheffield United midfielder Matthew Spring has revealed he wants to make his move to Bramall Lane permanent.
The 29-year-old, who has just recovered from an ankle injury, is on a year-long loan from League Two side Luton and has appeared nine times scoring one goal for Kevin Blackwell's side in the opening few months of the campaign.
But after moving his family to South Yorkshire, the former Watford player says he is determined to win a new deal.
He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "That's the aim, I've got the kids up here now and they're in school so I'd love to stay.
He added: "Hopefully something will happen soon and I will be offered a new contract."

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Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is set to offer Lee Bowyer a £1million escape route from West Ham. (Daily Express)

West Ham striker Dean Ashton will be sold in the January transfer window, with the Hammers desperate to raise funds in light of the Carlos Tevez saga. Other players set to be shown the door at Upton Park include Nigel Quashie, Lee Bowyer, Luis Boa Morte, Calum Davenport, Danny Gabbidon and Jonathan Spector. (Daily Mirror)