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Wheater delivers Birmingham City snub
06:31 PM 25 May, 2009
David Wheater insists he is happy to stay at Middlesbrough Football Club.

Birmingham City are willing to offer the 22-year-old a route back to the Premier League, but Wheater insists he is happy to stay at the relegated Riverside Stadium and help them to promotion.

"I've got two more years left here so it is up to the manager," he said. "I'm happy to stay here. I won't ask for a transfer but if the manager accepts another bid then that is a different matter.

"Maybe if I was 28 or 29 and still hadn't played for England then I might be thinking differently but I've got plenty of years ahead to get in the England squad.

"I've supported Boro all my life so they are a team I want to be playing for at the moment and try to get them back up. That's where I want to be, the Premier League with Middlesbrough.”

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Dave wrote 06:43 PM 28 May, 2009
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wheater quote ' I'm happy to stay here. I won't ask for a transfer but if the manager accepts another bid then that is a different matter' his on his way
bluenose wrote 08:33 PM 25 May, 2009
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NO Snub because quote:- Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has admitted he would happily sign Middlesbrough defender David Wheater, McLeish concedes the club are unlikely to be able to afford a player such as Wheater, but he does like him. Many Blues fans feel a big defender is needed and McLeish was quizzed about the likes of Steven Taylor and David Wheater. "It's difficult for us to buy top-end centre-halves in the Premier League. "If Middlesbrough go down, then Wheater? He is a decent player and someone we have watched over the last five weeks just in case they say 'do you want a bargain'? "But we think they will be looking for about eight or nine million pounds." When asked whether the club had eight or nine million, he replied: "Not for one player. So he has already admitted he could not afford him.
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