It's the silly season and newspapers are falling over themselves with transfer speculation - it'd just be too much hassle to reproduce them but here's a key summary.
JOE LEDLEY - seems to be linked with half the Premiership. At last count, it was Everton, Spurs, West Ham, Snderland, Stoke and Wolves. I may well have missed someone. However contract talks are dead with Joe so, with a year to go on his existing deal, it's only a matter of time before he ends up elsewhere. The figures being banded are all in the £5M-£6M range.
ROGER JOHNSON - Roger has a couple of years left on his City deal but having declined Premiership bids for him in January, it would be tough to do so again when the player believes it is time for him to make his move to that level. Strongest link so far is Portsmouth but Sunderland, Middlesbrough (if they survive which looks unlikely) and Wolves are mentioned in despatches too. Figures of £3M have been mentioned but surely he is worth more than that?
ROSS McCORMACK - Ross has commented that he wishes to stay in public but, in private, with his faincee believed to be unsettled in the area and Premiership clubs showing reported interest in him while he is also being mishandled by Dave Jones who has shifted him wide or out of the side to accomodate a disappointing (to date) Michael Chopra, it may be a different story. West Ham and Wigan are linked with the player. Figures of upt £5M would be outstanding business for a player who cost City only £200K last summer.
The one name being linked to the club is former centre-half JAMES COLLINS. No news of whether it is loan or permanent, whether it would be part of a deal with a City star moving the other way or whether a player who has previously declined a return and may still feel he belongs to the Premiership would be interested if it is a possibility. He's clearly seen as a replacement for Roger Johnson if/when RJ leaves but he also stuggles with fitness and injuries - can City's perennial small squad afford the gamble?
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