McCarthy Hopeful on Early January Addition
Thursday, 29th Dec 2016 14:11
Town boss Mick McCarthy is hoping to make an addition to his squad early in January but wouldn’t comment on links with Fulham striker Cauley Woodrow.
“Hopefully, yes. I hope so,” McCarthy said when asked if there might be a new signing in time for the Lincoln City or Blackburn Rovers games soon after the transfer window opens.
The Blues were reported to be keen to sign Woodrow on a six-month loan yesterday, but when quizzed McCarthy wouldn’t comment: “I haven’t read it. He’s not my player so I won’t talk about him. That’s unfair.”
Town defender Adam Webster has also been the subject of speculation with Sunderland and Everton among the clubs to have been linked with the centre-half, but McCarthy says he has no plans to cash in on the 21-year-old.
“I wouldn’t look to sell him at all, I’ve no desire to sell him,” he said. “We bought him and I think we nicked him from under the noses from some who dawdled and didn’t do it and we’ve got a really good player, one that I think the team should be built around, not to be taken away.
“He’s a terrific talent and he’s only going to get better. But I’m not surprised [clubs have been linked] because you’ve heard me wax lyrical about him and I guess the one thing I do know about is centre-halves, if nothing else.”
If a Premier League club were to offer a very significant fee for the former Portsmouth man might Town then be tempted? “You’d have to ask [owner] Marcus [Evans] that.”
As previously reported, Pompey are entitled to 20 per cent of the profit the Blues would make on Webster if he were to be sold.
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