Leedsin hyökkääjä Michael Bridges aikoo siirtyä pysyvästi Newcastleen kauden jälkeen, jolloin hänen sopimuksensa loppuu Leeds Unitedin kanssa.
-En pelaa enää ikinä Leedsissä ja minulle ei ole tarjottu uutta sopimusta Leedsistä sanoi Bridges, joka on koko elämänsä ollut Magpies-fani.
Surullista kuultavaa, olisi kannattanut myydä Bridges suoraan siirtoikkunan aikana Newcastleen niin oltaisiin saatu rahaakin.. Eihän Bridgesin myynti olisi niin haitannut, kun tiedettiin sopimuksenkin loppuvan! Eikä mies ole paljoa tehoillakaan juhlinut viimeaikoina..
Toivottavasti ei tulevaisuudessakaan ainakaan Leedsiä vastaan...
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Bridges Targets Newcastle Contract After Leaving Leeds
Bridges says he won't be playing for Leeds again
02/05/2004. Michael Bridges moved to Newcastle United last week on a three-month loan, and has now declared that he won't be playing for financially stricken Leeds United again.
Lifelong Magpies fan Bridges is now aiming to secure a permanent deal at St James' Park at the end of this season.
The 25-year-old ex-Sunderland striker saw his career blighted – and almost ended- by a succession of ankle injuries during his spell at Elland Road, and consequently struggled to establish himself in the first team under four different managers.
He now believes he is better off planning for a future away from Leeds, and told Newcastle's official website: "I felt I'd been a bit stale at Leeds and I'd been banging on the door to get out on loan.
"My contract is up in the summer and I wasn't offered a new deal. So whatever happens I won't be going back there.
"My aim now is to do all I can in my three months at Newcastle to earn a longer deal at the club.''
Despite his injury problems, Bridges says he never contemplated retiring. "It is hard when you are in the gym every day but there was never any chance of me packing it in however hard it got," he said.
"I spoke to Alan [Shearer] a few times and when you look back at the injuries he came back from it was something of an inspiration.''
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