McCarthy's move to the Premier League hangs on the future of Fellaini and Cabaye, Giovanni Trapattoni must be one of the few managers actually looking forward to the drama of transfer deadline, hoping to see some of his key squad members moving on.
He won’t want to see them all move of course, but the more the merrier in the Premier League and he will give his full blessing to anyone wanting a day off on Monday to seal a deal with a new club.
In 2006, Steve Staunton watched me, Graham Kavanagh and Lee Miller all abandon the camp to move to new clubs. It was just three days before our World Cup qualifier in Germany, but Stan knew he couldn’t stand in our way.
The other two were about to join Roy Keane at Sunderland, and couldn’t turn that down. I was going back to complete a £2million move from Everton to Wigan and I needed to fly to the North West for a medical and to sign the deal. I flew straight from Manchester to join up with the squad in Stuttgart.
Stan was naturally not best pleased by the distraction but we had no choice. No wonder he ended up losing his rag and kicking the water bottles as we lost to the Germans.
This time the window closes on Monday so this Ireland manager has the benefit of the rest of the week to prepare for the qualifiers at home to Sweden and in Austria which will determine whether we’ll be flying to Brazil next summer.
One man who might need a flight back to England is James McCarthy, but that is likely to depend on moves happening elsewhere.
It’s difficult to see teams matching Wigan’s valuation unless Mauroane Fellaini leaves Everton, and/or Newcastle accept Arsenal’s improved offer for Yohan Cabaye. Then James surely becomes their top target. Roberto Martinez certainly knows James well, but hasn’t made a move because he already has Fellaini, Osman, Barkley and Gibson.
In the game I’ve seen James play against Manchester United and Doncaster, he didn’t play particularly well and the problem seemed to be that although they still play football, Wigan have gone more direct under Owen Coyle, and they were playing the ball up to Grant Holt, and by-passing James.
The United game was always going to be tough of course but he looked just as lost in the Championship game at Doncaster as he did in the vast expanse of Wembley. He didn’t look happy in himself.
A week with Ireland will do him good, and a chance to concentrate on getting ready for Friday night. He has really matured and become increasing influential for Ireland in this World Cup campaign so we need him in full working order.
We know James is a quality player and he is a Premier League player. I’m hoping things work out for him to get his move back with the big boys. He deserves it.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has a history of not standing in his players’ way if he believes the move is a good one. But he likes to get value for money. I suspect it is why a few clubs’ interest in James has not been backed up.
When I look at Tom Huddlestone moving for £6million and Yohan Cabaye valued at £20million, I wonder what price they have in mind for a player who cost an initial £1.2million and must have ticked all the boxes in the add-on clauses. So they will be making a healthy profit at any price
It’s an unwritten rule and too many players are breaking it. And it’s not right.If a player goes down injured, and it is a legitimate injury, the ball goes back to the opposition from the throw-in or re-start. End of. All players know it. But it’s amazing how many forget in the heat of battle.
But that’s no excuse. I know there’s feigning injuries and blatant time-wasting, but there are no excuses for not playing the game in the right spirit.
There are times players do have to remember that kids are watching them. This is one of them. We are teaching them about respect.
This should be easy for players to self-police, and therefore show respect for their opponents. It’s how I was brought up to play the game and I don’t care how old I sound.
We should not have a situation like Yeovil v Birmingham on Tuesday night when all hell broke loose after Yeovil equalised.
The player who looked angriest was Paul Robinson. The same fella, Watford fans might remind you, who did something very similar against them earlier in the season.
Fair play to Yeovil boss Gary Johnson for giving Birmingham a goal back to take the tie to penalties, but I was still glad Lee Clark’s side went through because they should never have been forced to play extra-time in the first place.
Shame whoever had a word in Gary’s ear didn’t mention it before the 90 minutes was up.
He won’t want to see them all move of course, but the more the merrier in the Premier League and he will give his full blessing to anyone wanting a day off on Monday to seal a deal with a new club.
In 2006, Steve Staunton watched me, Graham Kavanagh and Lee Miller all abandon the camp to move to new clubs. It was just three days before our World Cup qualifier in Germany, but Stan knew he couldn’t stand in our way.
The other two were about to join Roy Keane at Sunderland, and couldn’t turn that down. I was going back to complete a £2million move from Everton to Wigan and I needed to fly to the North West for a medical and to sign the deal. I flew straight from Manchester to join up with the squad in Stuttgart.
Stan was naturally not best pleased by the distraction but we had no choice. No wonder he ended up losing his rag and kicking the water bottles as we lost to the Germans.
This time the window closes on Monday so this Ireland manager has the benefit of the rest of the week to prepare for the qualifiers at home to Sweden and in Austria which will determine whether we’ll be flying to Brazil next summer.
One man who might need a flight back to England is James McCarthy, but that is likely to depend on moves happening elsewhere.
It’s difficult to see teams matching Wigan’s valuation unless Mauroane Fellaini leaves Everton, and/or Newcastle accept Arsenal’s improved offer for Yohan Cabaye. Then James surely becomes their top target. Roberto Martinez certainly knows James well, but hasn’t made a move because he already has Fellaini, Osman, Barkley and Gibson.
In the game I’ve seen James play against Manchester United and Doncaster, he didn’t play particularly well and the problem seemed to be that although they still play football, Wigan have gone more direct under Owen Coyle, and they were playing the ball up to Grant Holt, and by-passing James.
The United game was always going to be tough of course but he looked just as lost in the Championship game at Doncaster as he did in the vast expanse of Wembley. He didn’t look happy in himself.
A week with Ireland will do him good, and a chance to concentrate on getting ready for Friday night. He has really matured and become increasing influential for Ireland in this World Cup campaign so we need him in full working order.
We know James is a quality player and he is a Premier League player. I’m hoping things work out for him to get his move back with the big boys. He deserves it.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has a history of not standing in his players’ way if he believes the move is a good one. But he likes to get value for money. I suspect it is why a few clubs’ interest in James has not been backed up.
When I look at Tom Huddlestone moving for £6million and Yohan Cabaye valued at £20million, I wonder what price they have in mind for a player who cost an initial £1.2million and must have ticked all the boxes in the add-on clauses. So they will be making a healthy profit at any price
It’s an unwritten rule and too many players are breaking it. And it’s not right.If a player goes down injured, and it is a legitimate injury, the ball goes back to the opposition from the throw-in or re-start. End of. All players know it. But it’s amazing how many forget in the heat of battle.
But that’s no excuse. I know there’s feigning injuries and blatant time-wasting, but there are no excuses for not playing the game in the right spirit.
There are times players do have to remember that kids are watching them. This is one of them. We are teaching them about respect.
This should be easy for players to self-police, and therefore show respect for their opponents. It’s how I was brought up to play the game and I don’t care how old I sound.
We should not have a situation like Yeovil v Birmingham on Tuesday night when all hell broke loose after Yeovil equalised.
The player who looked angriest was Paul Robinson. The same fella, Watford fans might remind you, who did something very similar against them earlier in the season.
Fair play to Yeovil boss Gary Johnson for giving Birmingham a goal back to take the tie to penalties, but I was still glad Lee Clark’s side went through because they should never have been forced to play extra-time in the first place.
Shame whoever had a word in Gary’s ear didn’t mention it before the 90 minutes was up.
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