Yorkshire Evening Post 17/11/06
Wise eyes Ifill move
by Phil Hay
Leeds United manager Dennis Wise today confirmed his interest in Sheffield United midfielder Paul Ifill.
Wise has approached the Premiership club over Ifill's availability, and the Leeds boss is hoping to force through a deal before this month's loan deadline.Football League clubs will be prevented from completing any loan agreements from 5pm on November 23 until the transfer window opens on January 1, and Wise's attempts to secure Ifill have been hampered by the 27-year-old's international commitments.Ifill, who worked with Wise at Millwall, is in the Caribbean with the Barbados national squad, but he has not featured regularly for the Blades this season, and Bramall Lane boss Neil Warnock is thought to be open the possibility of a deal with Leeds. Wise said: "Paul Ifill is a player I'm looking at. He's gone on international duty to Barbados, and that is one of the reasons why we haven't brought him in."Last week we tried but he was slightly injured. Now he's gone to Barbados for 10 days so it would have been rather stupid to bring him in and waste the time."But there's a certain date we have to get him in by, and we may not be able to do it be then."Wise is also set to maintain his interest in Southampton's Darren Powell despite seeing an approach for the defender rejected.United's boss had hoped to sign Powell on loan with a view to a permanent transfer in January, but Saints boss George Burley refused to consider Wise's cash offer.Powell, however, is out of contract at the end of this season, and Wise is likely to compete for the 30-year-old's signature next summer if Southampton refuse to reconsider.
Wise eyes Ifill move
by Phil Hay
Leeds United manager Dennis Wise today confirmed his interest in Sheffield United midfielder Paul Ifill.
Wise has approached the Premiership club over Ifill's availability, and the Leeds boss is hoping to force through a deal before this month's loan deadline.Football League clubs will be prevented from completing any loan agreements from 5pm on November 23 until the transfer window opens on January 1, and Wise's attempts to secure Ifill have been hampered by the 27-year-old's international commitments.Ifill, who worked with Wise at Millwall, is in the Caribbean with the Barbados national squad, but he has not featured regularly for the Blades this season, and Bramall Lane boss Neil Warnock is thought to be open the possibility of a deal with Leeds. Wise said: "Paul Ifill is a player I'm looking at. He's gone on international duty to Barbados, and that is one of the reasons why we haven't brought him in."Last week we tried but he was slightly injured. Now he's gone to Barbados for 10 days so it would have been rather stupid to bring him in and waste the time."But there's a certain date we have to get him in by, and we may not be able to do it be then."Wise is also set to maintain his interest in Southampton's Darren Powell despite seeing an approach for the defender rejected.United's boss had hoped to sign Powell on loan with a view to a permanent transfer in January, but Saints boss George Burley refused to consider Wise's cash offer.Powell, however, is out of contract at the end of this season, and Wise is likely to compete for the 30-year-old's signature next summer if Southampton refuse to reconsider.
