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boss Mark Hughes has confirmed the Club have had another offer for
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz turned down in the last 24 hours.
Speaking
to the media ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Stoke City, Hughes was asked
if he could report any updates to his transfer plans, and stated:
"Yesterday afternoon we put an improved bid in for Roque Santa Cruz
that was rejected.”
He wouldn’t disclose the size of the bid for the Paraguayan front man, simply stating: “It’s an improvement.
“We have to make a decision on that and the window is open until the second so we’ve got time if we decide to do that.”
One
bid that is still on the table is an offer to Newcastle for goalkeeper
Shay Given, as Hughes confirmed: “The situation with Newcastle is that
obviously we’ve put in a bid for Shay Given and we haven’t had an
update on that.
“I’ve said I’m looking to bring in an
experienced keeper and he ticks the box in that respect. Whether or not
the deal happens we’ll have to wait and see.
“Apart from that,
that’s where we are. We’re linked with lots of players and until we
make bids then I won’t discuss any other speculation.”
The Manager also faced questions regarding any possible outgoings from his City squad.
“There
may be opportunities to get players out on loan. We’re just trying to
finalise the players that we are going to acquire,” he said.
“I’ve
always said I prefer to get the players in first before we let anyone
out because I don’t want to weaken the team before we can strengthen.
That’s been my attitude to the window.
“I’m sure there’ll be
interest in the players, there’s been tentative interest in a number of
the players, really just loan situations rather than purchases.
“We’ll
look at every individual case and the clubs involved. If those
situations involve younger players then we look at the value of the
interest from the clubs involved and whether or not the player himself
will get the amount of games that we feel a loan deal has to benefit
the player.
“There’s no point sending young players out if they
are going to sit on the bench. We’d rather they stay around this
environment, get the good work here and sit on my bench to be perfectly
honest.”
After Wednesday’s win over Newcastle, the Blues now
face an early tester at Stoke tomorrow lunchtime, so does the Manager
think the transfer window is a distraction from the work he’s trying to
do on the training pitch?
“Well you plan for the window; it’s there in the football calendar and you negotiate the window as well as you can.
“Right
up to the last minute of the last day deals can be struck and I’ve done
deals in the last minute and deals that have been really good ones in
the long term at my previous club.
“You are always open to a
situation and you look at it and if you think it will benefit the team
and the Club, even if it’s the last minute of the window, then you have
to pursue it.
“Maybe given the deals that we’ve been able to
do, which I’m very happy with, I think everybody’s seen the benefit of
the new players that we’ve acquired and the impact they’ve had already.
“We’re pleased with the window as we stand and obviously we’ve
got a couple of irons in the fire that we hope will be positive for us
before the window closes. We are always open to opportunities that
present themselves.”
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