Ardley rumours strengthen

Last updated : 13 July 2002 By Tony Scholes

Ardley is out of contract at Wimbledon but was certainly training with them last week, as was Preston target Gareth Ainsworth. He has not been offered a new contract by Wimbledon although it has been said that the South London (or Buckinghamshire) club could well de keen to keep him.

Laughably one report said that they could now afford him because they had a lucrative deal to Milton Keynes. Lucrative – does someone know something nobody else does?

He may well have been training with them last week but the squad have now gone to Finland to play some pre-season games and Neal Ardley is not in the squad that have travelled. He looks unlikely to kick a ball again for his only club and a move is on the cards in the very near future.

The Clarets are still being linked with him and he could just be the kind of player that would strengthen our midfield.