Also in the article states about giving a trial to a talented French youngster tipped to be the next Zinedine Zidane! His agent is putting it on a bit strong.
Personally, I think it is good news. He is a good squad player and has generally done a good job for us, stepping in all across the back four. His goal at liverpool was handy too :P
A couple of those posts reminded me of Fred Eyre’s book, when he was playing at Southport he was asked to switch full back positions. The local paper said something like “this makes no difference to the versatile Eyre, who can play equally badly in numerous positions”!