Coleman expects interest in stars

02 April 2009 13:46
City are set to offer goalkeeper Keiren Westwood, defenders Dan Fox and Scott Dann and midfielder Aron Gunnarsson improved contracts in a bid to warn off Premier League suitors.[LNB]Coleman is keen to keep the quartet at the Ricoh Arena but insists that if any of them are to leave the club then it will not be on the cheap.[LNB]"I think it is inevitable that there will be a lot of speculation about them. There are going to be sticky patches when people think 'are they or aren't they staying?' said Coleman.[LNB]"We have just got to say as a club, if anyone is interested in our best players, A: they are going to have to pay a king's ransom for them, and B: we make sure we reinvest all that money to make sure we can go out and find some more.[LNB]"But the plan is not to sell any of our players, certainly not the ones who have been mentioned."[LNB]Coleman, meanwhile, has warned his players that Reading will be a 'dangerous animal' when they visit the Ricoh Arena.[LNB]The Welshman expects the Royals to be going all out in their bid for automatic promotion, having failed to take full advantage of their rivals' slip-ups in the last few months.[LNB]"Reading have dropped a few points recently by their standards. They are still one of the strongest teams in the division and, looking at it, Wolves and Birmingham also dropped points and they didn't capitalise on that situation," said Coleman.[LNB]"I think that might be a source of frustration for them, so I think they will be a dangerous animal on Saturday because they will know that they can't keep slipping up. So it will be hard for us.[LNB]"By their standards they have not been on a great run and I think in the last 15 games they have won four and had seven draws.[LNB]"They have been indifferent and they will be coming back from their international break thinking that they need to come to us and win if they want to go straight up."[LNB][LNB]

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