GLENN WHELAN WANTS to stay at Stoke City after dismissing speculation linking him with a move away from the Britannia Stadium.
The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international is entering the final months of his current deal at Stoke, but wants to sit down with the club’s hierarchy and thrash out a new contract beyond the end of the season.
Whelan has made close to 250 appearances since joining from Sheffield Wednesday in January 2008, helping Stoke clinch promotion and then become an established Premier League side.
Both manager Mark Hughes and the midfielder want to resolve Whelan’s future, although no formal talks have yet to take place.
“I would definitely like to stay,” Whelan told the Stoke Sentinel.
“I have always enjoyed coming in for training and pulling on the red and white jersey. That’s no different now.
“I haven’t actually sat down with the manager or anyone on the board, so where the stories have come from of late I’m not sure. They haven’t come from me.
“If we can get something sorted out, it’s not me wanting to leave. For as long as I still have a chance of playing I’ll be doing all I can to spend the rest of my career here.”
If he does live Dortmund. Think Liverpool would suit him. He seems to be able to achieve alot with limited resources and young players. Could be what the pool needs. Don’t want to see Rodgers go but Klopp would be a good replacement. YNWA
If he was to go to Liverpool and do what he has done at Dortmund, Liverpool would have a few good seasons before becoming a feeder club to teams with more money. They would end up in the relegation zone before he moved on to do the same in Spain or Italy.
Klopp could do a lot better than us, and that’s coming from a liverpool fan.
I still think arsenal would be mad to let wenger go. Much harder to win the English league than the German one. I think if arsenal do let wenger go they’ll only realise what they’ve lost afterwards.
I don’t think Klopp is the right choice for Arsenal and maybe not Liverpool. The reason they’re doing well in the CL and horrifically in the league is because they have one gameplan and domestic opposition and copped onto it. They sit back and hit on the counter to negate Dortmund’s high energy attacks. They’re afforded more time on the ball in the CL and that means they’re doing well but Klopp hasn’t adapted at all with Dortmund, Guardiola has worked out how to adjust his plan for different opponents and completely deserves the continued domination in Germany whereas Dortmund have fallen away.
I am not at all saying that Klopp is a bad manager, but seeing fans beg for their manager to be sacked and to have him placed as a saviour for any team in need simply isn’t correct.