This morning Owls all over have been woken up to the sound of January transfer window rumours. Both ins and outs have been speculated today at Hillsborough and the first name that has hit the tabloids is that of Notts County's Lee Hughes. Hughes has scored an impressive 225 goals in his long career consisting of 495 appearances for clubs such as West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City at one point Hughes commanded a huge fee of £5,000,000 in a move from West Brom to Coventry. Although Hughes is clearly a natural goal scorer, there are many Wednesday fans not so keen on him. This could be largely due to his age, he is now 34 and spending a 6 figure sum on a man with so little time left in his career, could be seen as careless. As well as this during the 2003/04 season Hughes was involved in a car crash, in which a passenger of the other car was killed, Hughes and his passenger fled the scene only to hand themselves in a day later. Hughes was given a sentence of 6 years. His actions on that day have led him to become a very unpopular figure in football, so some Wednesdayites would be genuinely dissatisfied if Hughes were to sign for the Owls this month. Personally, I believe Hughes' age is the most determining factor. He is still a first team regular at Notts County and would therefore require a decent sized fee, which could be far too much of a gamble, even with a scoring record like the one he has.
The second name to crop up in the Rumour Mill this morning is Brentford's young pacey winger Myles Weston. Weston is a 22 year old winger and can also be used in a role as a striker. He started his Career at Charlton Athletic but never made a first team appearance, he went on loan to Notts County and then made his loan move permanent. The winger scored 3 goals in 73 appearance for County before turning down a new contract and making the move to his current club Brentford. He has scored 9 goals in 63 appearances for Brentford and is well liked due to his Pace and Trickery. The link to Myles Weston coming to the Owls came from Radio Sheffield, which is usually quite a reliable source. With no real natural left wingers currently in the owls squad, Weston's signing could be a god send. He could also be seen as a long term replacement for Jermaine Johnson, who still has bags of pace, but is 8 years Weston's superior, questions could be asked about when JJ will no longer have such dangerous pace. With Weston being so young his signing seems far more likely signing than that of Lee Hughes, as all Alan Irvine's signings so far have been aged 23 and under as he tries to build a squad not just for promotion this season, but for the long term future as well. Get him signed up Milan!
The third name which has been talked about this Morning, is Blackburn central midfielder Keith Andrews. His name has not only been bounded about this morning but for the past week or so. Rumours suggesting Andrews is on his way to Hillsborough in a six month loan move seem to be getting stronger and stronger. Andrews is a player of international quality having played 16 times for the Republic of Ireland and scoring 1 goal. Andrews has also played 66 games for Premier League Blackburn since his arrival in 2008 and scored 5 goals. Andrews Captained MK Dons previously and led them to the league one play-offs. When Paul Ince left the Dons for Blackburn he took his star player with him. The dynamic box to box midfielder is 30 years of age and has vast experience, having played 275 matches for a selection of clubs. A central midfielder, is what many Owls fans have been crying out for over the past few weeks. Darren Potter has never really excelled at Wednesday, James O'connor has all the energy and heart but lacks when it comes to creativity and quality and new signing Giles Coke has been hit back with injury problems after an impressive start to his debut Owls season. Leaving just Tommy Miller who has impressed in the central Midfield role, but has needed a consistent partner for some time. Andrews could be the answer to this problem as he has struggled to win a first team place at Blackburn this year and would be welcomed with open arms from myself and i'm sure plenty of other Owls.
The final Rumour to be listed this morning, is the exit of Darren Purse. Rumours suggest that Purse has attracted the interest of his boyhood club Millwall. Purse has struggled this season and although he offers experience to an otherwise young back four, he has made countless point costing errors, which have left the Wednesday faithful exceedingly impatient with him. The impatience could be seen in Saturday's draw against Charlton, in which Purse's errors lead to two goals in the opening 5 minutes and some Wednesday fans stupidly jeering his every touch. Purse started his Owls career in a similar fashion, looking shaky a lot of the time but in the second half of last season really stepped up to be counted and performed admirably in his attempt to save the Owls from relegation. However, once again this season Purse has failed to impress and show his composed experience that he is so well regarded for in the game, having captained Birmingham, Cardiff and now the Owls. I remember as soon as Purse joined the Owls ranks, he was interviewed by the Sheffield Star and said he would like to end his career at Millwall if the opportunity came about, so if the rumours are true, I can't see Alan Irvine standing in his way or any fans for that matter. So, if a bid for Darren Purse did materialise and he left the club, I would like to say so long Mr. Purse, Thank you for trying...
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