04/12/07: Primary Sources
Will United sign a left back next month?
Few would have asked that question before Sir Alex gave an interview to a hack from Pravda in which he happened to mention that United lacked cover at left back.
Now the blogosphere is busy cranking out the names of the Premiership’s most eligible leftback-chelors, each of them with a shot at joining the Old Trafford payroll during the winter transfer window.
First up is Reading’s Nicky Shorey. The player is running down his contract in Berkshire and was on the radar of West Ham at the beginning of the season. He’s a decent enough player but is he United class? More to the point, is he better than Leighton Baines who United didn’t sign in the summer or worth £5 million?
Such questions are trivial when there is a circulation to boost. A Times hack ran back from the pub to publish this tale and in between hiccups, tipped the new England recruit for a glamour move.
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