Bruce rules out Bramble exit
10 Apr 2008 - 16:02:08
Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce has rubbished talk linking Titus Bramble with a move away from the JJB Stadium in the summer.
The 26-year-old central defender has not started a game for almost three months and recent reports suggested he could be heading back to Ipswich Town at the end of this season.
However, Bruce told the Wigan Observer: "He still has a part to play. He picked up a groin injury before the Portsmouth game which was unfortunate for him.
"He's trained for the last five days, and of course there's a future for Titus. I just felt at the time he needed to come away from it and re-focus.
"The hardest job here is keeping those players not in the team happy. I think they are intelligent enough, thankfully, to realise we have to have a squad if we're to be decently successful.
"In the past, players were constantly knocking on the door. If the club wants to go where it wants, it has to have a squad, especially with the transfer window being the way it is.
"Titus Bramble is one of four centre-backs I have and he's chomping at the bit to get a game."