CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho has finally given up on £21million flop
Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Mourinho is now ready to loan him out in January which signals a
major change of heart on the most expensive reserve in Premiership
history.
Chelsea had refused to let Wright-Phillips go out on loan and
claimed they were only interested in a permanent deal with West
Ham, Portsmouth, Manchester City and Everton having signalled some
interest in the England international.
City boss Stuart Pearce has called on his chairman John Wardle to
dip into his own personal fortune to take Wright-Phillips back to
the club.
He left 18 months ago to join Chelsea and City have twice tried to
get him back on loan.
But with debts of around £50m, City do not have the funds to buy
back Wright- Phillips and Pearce said: "Shaun will attract
ourselves and a number of clubs because he is a very good
player.
"The chairman has the financial clout to do it, but from his own
pocket, not from money within the football club. That's the only
way it could be done. But he's already put £20m in and that's a
sizeable chunk of anyone's fortune."
Chelsea accept Wright- Phillips needs games to save his career
having failed to make an impact at Chelsea in the past 18
months.
