HOLDING BACK

Last updated : 18 July 2006 By Ed

"We have held a lot of things back until we knew what the Juventus situation was.

"Everybody will be looking at all the Juventus players, no question about that. Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram, Emerson and Vieira are the ones that people will be focusing on because there's some element that suggests that players could maybe have free transfers if they were going outside of Italy.

"We're talking to several clubs, but obviously the Italian situation has given us a different avenue.

"Now we know where we're going in terms of making definite inquiries and maybe definite offers for one or two players.


So far this summer the movements have been as follows:

IN:

none

OUT:


Sylvan Ebanks-Blake [to Plymouth Argyle] £200,000
Quinton Fortune [released]
Tim Howard [to Everton] Loan
Eddie Johnson [to Bradford City] Free
Tommy Lee [to Macclesfield Town] free
Phil Picken [to Chesterfield Town] Free
Jonathan Spector [to West Ham United] £500,000