Manchester United boss Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 in the January transfer window.
There were various reports claiming that the Scotsman had decided to sign the 33-year-old midfielder in the winter transfer window from rivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786. The rumours of Lampard leaving the London side were fuelled by the fact that he has not been a regular
this season.
Having mostly started on the bench under manager Andre Villas-Boas, Lampard is reportedly unhappy at Stamford Bridge. There has also been news of a strained relationship with the Portuguese manager which could pave way for an exit.
With 18 months remaining on his contract, it was believed that the Red Devils wanted to make a swoop for the Blues midfielder to strengthen their squad in the mid-season transfer window. However, despite injuries, Ferguson denied being interested in the
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international.
Ferguson said while speaking to reporters:
“Do you really think Chelsea would sell to United in January? There's no foundation in that. Chelsea want to do something in the second half of the season so they want to keep their best players.”
The Red Devils manager claimed there was no foundation to the story of Manchester United being interested in a Chelsea player, especially since there was no way the Blues would sell to them in the January transfer window so they could be a better side in
the second half of the season.
He continued:
“What can you get in January? The players we'd like, we can't get. If the alternative is to sign a second-rate player, we don't want to do that.
Our injuries have led to fans wanting us to sign someone but I don't want to sign a player who won't get a game when everyone's fit because he's not good enough.”
Ferguson believed it was close to impossible to sign the players they wanted in the winter transfer window, which made it pointless to spend in January. It was for this reason that he was currently not looking to bring in new players to the squad.
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