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Wolves boss Mick McCarthy rules out moves for Hull City's Stephen Hunt & Tottenham Hotspur's Robbie Keane
Duo not heading to Molineux, says boss
9 Jun 2010 11:48:00
By Adithya Ananth
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Mick McCarthy has ruled out the possibility of making moves to sign Hull City winger Stephen Hunt and Tottenham Hotspur forward Robbie Keane.
The Tigers have been looking to reduce a heavy wage bill, and the former Reading midfielder has been widely tipped to be one of the players who will leave Humberside during the summer.
Meanwhile, the Spurs striker was loaned out to Celtic during the second half of last season, and is believed to be regarded as excess baggage at White Hart Lane.
However, the Molineux tactician, a former Republic of Ireland team manager, insists that he will not be in the chase to sign the pair of Irish international forwards.
"We tried to sign Stephen Hunt in the transfer window, as yet that's not been revisited," McCarthy told Sky Sports News.
"Clearly I like him because I tried to sign him, but he's injured at the moment anyway."
He added: "We've just been talking about the fantasy league teams and I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want Robbie in their team.
"I wouldn't be any different but it ain't going to happen.
"He went up to Celtic just to get games and my impression is, from reading what he's said, he wants to play at Tottenham.
"If that's not going to be then he'll go somewhere else."
McCarthy has already brought in Steven Fletcher from Burnley and Jelle van Damme from Anderlecht, and has said that he expects more players to arrive this summer.
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The Tigers have been looking to reduce a heavy wage bill, and the former Reading midfielder has been widely tipped to be one of the players who will leave Humberside during the summer.
Meanwhile, the Spurs striker was loaned out to Celtic during the second half of last season, and is believed to be regarded as excess baggage at White Hart Lane.
However, the Molineux tactician, a former Republic of Ireland team manager, insists that he will not be in the chase to sign the pair of Irish international forwards.
"We tried to sign Stephen Hunt in the transfer window, as yet that's not been revisited," McCarthy told Sky Sports News.
"Clearly I like him because I tried to sign him, but he's injured at the moment anyway."
He added: "We've just been talking about the fantasy league teams and I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want Robbie in their team.
"I wouldn't be any different but it ain't going to happen.
"He went up to Celtic just to get games and my impression is, from reading what he's said, he wants to play at Tottenham.
"If that's not going to be then he'll go somewhere else."
McCarthy has already brought in Steven Fletcher from Burnley and Jelle van Damme from Anderlecht, and has said that he expects more players to arrive this summer.
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