Upson rubbishes Magpies reports

By Matthew Jones
October 23 2002

Matthew Upson has rubished any talks about joining the Toon. He says that he has not been training with Newcastle United and is still hoping for a regular place on the arsenal squad.

Arsenal on-loan defender Matthew upson, states that he has not been training with Newcastle, and he has NOT considered moving. He hopes to become a Gunners regular in the near future.

Tyne Talk reported that the Gooner youngster Matty Upson looks set to join Newcastle United in January, as the defender has recently been training with the Magpies. Clearly United's defence needs a bit of fine tuning, and Sir Bobby has set his sights on highly-rated Upson.

However, that statement has been rubished and Matthew Upson says..

"I've not heard anything from Newcastle and these type of rumours are quite frequent. I've come to Reading to get my fitness and ideally get back in the Arsenal team, so at the moment I'm concentrating on playing for Reading then going back and seeing what happens."

Newcastle are known to want more defensive cover and Upson has been in sparkling form for the Royals after a shaky start.

But Reading assistant boss Kevin Dillon added: "Matthew has not missed a day's training with us since he arrived. I don't know where this story started, but he is here for three months, although he has been playing well so maybe scouts are watching him."