Dallas FC manager Schellas Hyndman says Blues keeper Richard Wright's trial with his club is with a view to a possible future move rather than the 34-year-old joining the MLS side for the season ahead. TWTD reported that Wright had travelled to the US on Saturday with his return expected in the next day or so.
Hyndman says his club is looking to improve on their ongoing goalkeeping situation, although with the highly rated Kevin Hartman very much the first choice: "We felt like this year we wanted to really raise our goalkeeping situation.
"Last year we carried four goalkeepers, but we weren’t sure who that fourth goalkeeper would be [for the season ahead].
"Instead of signing someone, we have the opportunity to look at a few keepers and see if there’s someone we might want to sign in the summer window or maybe someone we might want to have on our radar for next year.”
Hyndman says Wright is unlikely to join in the short term, despite impressing in training with the Texas club: "He’s done well for us. But if we do anything, we might do a pre-contract.”
He says Wright wouldn’t be considered as a back-up keeper for the season ahead but more a possible first choice in the future with other keepers also likely to have trials in the weeks to come: "He’s a goalkeeper that would want to come in and be competing for a number one spot. This will give us a chance to see if he’s in that category.”
Meanwhile, it’s reported that Josh Carson was dropped at Leeds on Saturday rather than left out of the 16 due to the hamstring injury he had suffered against Blackpool, as had been understood.
Carson is currently weighing up whether to sign his new two-year contract, which includes an option for a third season, with manager Paul Jewell expecting it to be sorted soon when speaking to the press last week. It’s claimed his omission last week may lead him to delaying making his decision.