Stephen Ireland to be back for pre-season

[tetsujin1979]

Stephen Ireland had recovered from the calf strain that kept him out of the end of season run in for Man City and will be in pre-season training soon.
So, presumably, he will be in the squad for the dutch game
Read more here: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F866 4DE80%7D&newsid=342720&siteid=&pageno=&newscategory=1051&frommonth=4&fromyear=2006&tomonth=6&toyear=2006

[beautifulrock]

hope he has been doing a bit of bench pressing during the summer as well, needs to beef up if he wants to play centre mid.