Ireland linked with NY Bulls

Stephen Ireland was last night linked with a move to MLS side New York Red Bulls at the end of the season.

The claim emerged in comments by Michael Ballack’s agent Michael Becker who was expressing disappointment his client would not get to play in the Big Apple.

Becker was quoted as saying: “Michael would love to play in New York. However, it seems that (Bulls’ general manager) Erik Soler already made massive promises to Stephen Ireland in October. This is an unbelievable incident. There are a lot of places where Michael believes he would be a good fit, but in New York with Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez, that’s a title-winning team in his mind.” There was no confirmation of the claim from Ireland last night.