Sydney from Sydney Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Celtic and Hearts want Reading FC keeper on loan By Jonny Fordham August 03, 2011 Alex McCarthy could be in line for a shock season-long loan to Celtic. The Reading Post understands that Royals are prepared to let the England Under-21 goalkeeper move to Celtic Park on a temporary basis rather than remain as Adam Federici?s understudy for 12 months. It is understood that McCarthy has held initial talks with Reading manager Brian McDermott and director of football Nick Hammond about the move to the Scottish Premier League. Hearts were seen as another option for the 6ft 4ins keeper, but that may have changed on Monday after Jim Jeffries became the ninth manager sacked by chairman Vladimir Romanov since 2004. Follow Royals reporter Jonny Fordham on Twitter here for all the news as it breaks McCarthy has been tipped to challenge Manchester City?s Joe Hart one day for the England shirt. The 21-year-old received rave reviews with Reading towards the end of last season when he deputised for Federici after the Aussie keeper was sidelined by a knee injury for six weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloSergioBentoBrito Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Possible bids in for Kello, Mcdonald wanting to move on, Ridgers is out on loan isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Brody Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Balogh and McDonald aren't that great. Getting them off the books and another decent back up to challenge Kello would be better imo. Or its because Sergio is just another faceless VLAD puppet that's going to stop Kello from playing because he doesnt care about Hearts and only wants to upset the media and get all the attention on himself. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahgrassyshoes Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Also Balogh is out of contract in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skene11 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Or maybe this is another bullsh!t news report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney from Sydney Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Or maybe this is another bullsh!t news report... Could well be. I thought even if Balogh moves on, McDonald was highly thought of and also Ridgers was progressing well. If we do sign the English Guy I imagine Reading would expect him to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Could well be. I thought even if Balogh moves on, McDonald was highly thought of and also Ridgers was progressing well. If we do sign the English Guy I imagine Reading would expect him to play. Balogh is a good shot stopper but he's poor with cross balls and his decision making has let him down in the past. MacDonald on the other hand has been fairly reliable and seemed to have an old head on young shoulders. I was surprised at how calm he looked in his first couple of games (both against the Huns as it happens). The one thing that lets Jamie down Is he conceeds too many goals that a half decent keeper would save IMO. If you could combine Balogh and Macdonald you'd have a good player. I'd be happy to see them both moved on with a decent back up (such as Cerny of Hamilton) brought in to compete with Kello and Ridgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Bapswent Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 See the thread about a player asking his agent to get him a move - might be a keeper, hence - looking for another keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Or maybe this is another bullsh!t news report... Totally this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy adams wagstaff Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 cos apart from kello our keepers are gash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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