Wales Player News 21st May

Premier League
Owen Hargreaves wants a word with Sir Alex Ferguson about exactly what he said to put Fabio Capello off picking him for the World Cup. Or at least, the Sun says he does.

Ryan Giggs will be supporting England at the World Cup. As long as he doesn’t support them in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, I’m happy.

Manchester United and Liverpool are just two of the clubs that have shown an interest in Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross, who began his career at Man Utd. However, Stoke are confident he’ll stay with them.

Wayne Hennessey could move to Burnley on a season-long loan as they fight to bounce back into the Premier League. The goalkeeper has also been linked to Liverpool.

Sam Vokes was tipped to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers after barely featuring this season. However the striker has just signed a new three-year contract, despite having two years left on his current deal. Sam hopes to play a much bigger part for Wolves next season. I really hope he does too.

Championship
Darcy Blake’s season began with his hoping to get a contract with a club who ended up being relegated (Plymouth Argyle). Instead, he has a very good chance of playing for Cardiff City in the play-off final. It’s fair to say things have turned out better than he expected.

Joe Ledley has been dodging questions about his future with Cardiff. He says he’ll decide after the play-off final and that it’s up to the chairman to give him a new contract. I thought Joe has already been offered a new contract but I could be wrong. The fact he isn’t thinking of tomorrow as his last match with Cardiff is probably a good sign.

Andrew Crofts has attracted the attention of League One Champions Norwich City after some excellent performances for Brighton & Hove Albion. Brighton are hoping to persuade Andrew not only to stay but to sign an extension to his current contract, which runs out at the end of next season.

Ipswich Town and Rangers are both interested in signing Andy Dorman, whose contract with St Mirren runs out this summer.

League One
Mark Bradley is hoping to feature for Wales against Croatia and that lots of managers will be watching. Mark is without a club after being released by Walsall.

Elliott Chamberlain, recently named as Leicester City’s Academy Player of the Year, has signed his first professional contract.

League Two
Peter Gilbert has signed a new contract which will keep him at Northampton Town until the end of next season.