Thursday Mar 30 2006 14:21
Injury-jinxed Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is set to sign a one-year contract extension with the Citizens.
The 27-year-old finally looks to have beaten the knee injury that threatened to end his career and recently impressed while out on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.
Weaver is determined to play Premiership football next term, and told the club's official website: "This will be my tenth year at City and I will be coming back next pre-season hoping to put a real challenge to David James.
"Since he has been at this club this is the longest run I have had being fully fit.
"I still believe I am young enough to have a future here and, as far as I am concerned, I am signing to battle David.
"People who think I have taken an easy option to sit on the bench for a year are severely mistaken.
"All professional footballers want to play and so do I - for Manchester City.
"I suppose I could have gone somewhere else and played first-team football, but I genuinely feel I am in good enough shape for the first time to put real pressure on David for the starting role."
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