New boy Tonge just wants to play INTERVIEW - Yorkshire Evening Post 15/9/12
By Phil Hay Michael Tonge wants to earn himself the chance of a permanent transfer to Leeds United after conceding that his career at Stoke City is all but over. The midfielder, who joined Leeds on a three-month loan from Stoke on Thursday, said he needed to be “playing and enjoying football again” following an unsuccessful four-year spell at the Britannia Stadium. His temporary move to Elland Road solved serious selection issues in the centre of United’s midfield but the deal was as much in Tonge’s interests after Stoke made his position clear by leaving him out of their 25-man Premier League squad. City paid £2million to sign Tonge from Sheffield United in 2008 but he is into the final year of his contract and will part company with the club in the next 12 months. He and Warnock worked together for seven years at Bramall Lane and his switch to Leeds this week reunited the pair five years on from their last spell together. Tonge said: “I’m in my last year at Stoke so I’m going t...