No deal done to sell Leicester City's Jeff Schlupp to Manchester United
Leicester City have not done a deal to sell striker Jeff Schlupp to Manchester United, insists assistant manager Craig Shakespeare.
Schlupp has been training with United since last month and there were reports this week that United had been impressed with the Ghana international and were about to agree a deal to sign him permanently.
However, Shakespeare said while they were regularly talking to United about Schlupp, who has appeared in United under-21 development squad games, the clubs had not made an agreement over any possible sale.
"We have not heard anything to that effect," Shakespeare said of the reports. "It is an on-going situation, as reported before. There is no change in that.
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"Jeff was at the game on Tuesday (City's 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers) and came in to see the lads.
"We are in constant dialogue with Jeff and Manchester United. Again it is a situation we are at ease with.
"He is due to play another game for them and then we will take it from there.
"It is open-ended but they are not going to keep him for six months and not make a decision. But at the same time, if we feel we need to use him here we will. It is all very relaxed."
Schlupp is a product of the City academy and made his first team debut as a striker under Sven-Goran Eriksson, scoring a hat-trick on his debut in the League Cup win at Rotherham United, in August 2011.
This season he has featured at left-back under current boss Nigel Pearson but United have used him as a striker in recent reserve games.
Meanwhile, City's current crop from the academy were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup by Hull City after extra-time on Wednesday.
Skipper Rob Paratore had put City ahead after six minutes at North Ferriby United's Grange Lane ground, but the hosts levelled less than 60 seconds later through a deflected goal.
City pushed for the win, which would have set up a home quarter final against either Liverpool or Leeds United, but it was the Tigers who progressed after two goals late on in extra-time.
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by TheGeofflane
Sunday, March 03 2013, 11:23AM
“Anyone noticed New Zealand's World Cup campaign is about to start (Two matches soon). We might need Schluppie here . Also Kane appears to have caught Waggie/Vardy disease. We've now missed automatic promo. and the playoffs are at risk. All because we keep missing chances. I don't understand why Schluppie's not in the mix here, where Man.Utd could scout him while we get the benefit.”
by avi123
Saturday, March 02 2013, 2:41PM
“What a load of nonsense. Man utd sell to us not their 1st best or 2nd best players or even 3rd best players and we are offering up our boy who looks like the brightest prospect since Heskey.
And its not like they came in for him, we sent him up there to train, and now there is a measly 2.5 million fee being banded about.
Perhaps if Big Nige dropped Reg Vardy from the team and let him go back to selling cars and had Jeff on the bench perhaps he could've progressed under us.”
by Coalvillefox
Friday, March 01 2013, 8:26PM
“If he wants to join Man Utd then fair enough. He isn't the finished article yet and isn't ready for a regular first team place with us either. Hopefully if he goes we can get a decent fee to reinvest in our squad. We seem to have a very good relationship with Man Utd so it maybe no bad thing if he goes there. We may get him back on loan or first dibbs on their for sale youngsters. Lulu seems to be just rambling gibberish, loads of posts today from someone who doesn't even like City or football. What a loser!”
by johnnylcfc
Friday, March 01 2013, 7:19PM
“Agree with suffolkfox,theres no way on this earth if in the job we were in someone said i would double your wages etc,you wouldnt take it ,fair play to jeff,hope you get picked out son,BUT NEVER FORGET WHO GOT YOU THERE AND WERE YOU CAME FROM,,,GODD LUCK MATE..”
by lolojones
Friday, March 01 2013, 4:41PM
“These football players care about nothing but the money, as the jessie j track goes feat b.o.b.”
by AmitCityFan
Friday, March 01 2013, 4:30PM
“Mercenary footballer??? United wanted to take a look at him, we accepted, and off he went... That sounds totally fair to me. A mercenary footballer is Carlos Tevez, or how about Mido...”
by lolojones
Friday, March 01 2013, 3:40PM
“Different times - where agents as influential then? Of course not. The game has now evolved into a minimal contact sport, driven by cheats like winker ronaldo.
I have heard a survey was taken in recent months asking pl players whether they thought about their fans. 80% said they did not take them into consideration. Silly me, i thought football was all about fans. In reality it is all about extracting as much money from fans as clubs can get away with, the money making its way overseas because of the pre-eminence of this scandalous foreign sugar daddy model which rules supreme in england.”
by lolojones
Friday, March 01 2013, 3:37PM
“Different times - where agents as influential then? Of course not. The game has now evolved into a minimal contact sport, driven by cheats like winker ronaldo.
I have heard a survey was taken in recent months asking pl players whether they thought about their fans. 80% said they did not take them into consideration. Silly me, i thought football was all about fans. In reality it is all about extracting as much money from fans as clubs can get away with, the money making its way overseas because of the pre-eminence of this scandalous foreign sugar daddy model which rules supreme in england.”
by TheGeofflane
Friday, March 01 2013, 3:00PM
“And, lolo, back to football. Kevin MacDonald was a brilliant wing-half (It was that long ago) I enjoyed watching at Filbert St. Scotland cap when they still had a team he went to Liverpool for a million and promptly broke his leg. I last saw him at Filbo looking after the youth team. He moved on to Villa and today is Paolo Di Canio's replacement. He's 52 now and a footballer through and through. One bad tackle cost him the big time 'cos he was good. I wish him the best now. And, lolo, I bet you've never even heard of him. Just another mercenary footballer to you, a hero to me.”
by lolojones
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:56PM
“Ive got nothing to do with Germany, yes i like the bundesliga but im also looking forward to Napoli v juventus tonight. What gives?”